Information and hub lights

ABSTRACT

Techniques for employing an enhanced light device to determine desirable information to a user are presented. Such light device(s) can comprise or be associated with a light management component (LMC) that can employ sensors to monitor respective characteristics or conditions of a device, an environment, and/or a user to determine respective contexts for the device, environment, or user, wherein the user can interact with or be in proximity to the device or environment. The light device(s) collects data, including sensor data, relating to the device or environment from the device, the environment, or other data sources. The LMC determines a desirable subset of information to present to the user based on the respective contexts. The LMC facilitates presenting the desirable subset of information to the user via the light device or a communication device of the user that is communicatively connected to the light device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of, and claims priority to each ofU.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/821,007, filed on Mar. 17, 2020,entitled “INFORMATION AND HUB LIGHTS”, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No.10,863,605, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/270,646, filed on Feb. 8, 2019, entitled “INFORMATION AND HUBLIGHTS”, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 10,631,380, which is acontinuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/044,073, filed onJul. 24, 2018, entitled “INFORMATION AND HUB LIGHTS”, and now issued asU.S. Pat. No. 10,251,242, which claims the benefit of U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application Ser. No. 62/636,462 filed on Feb. 28, 2018, entitled“INFORMATION AND HUB LIGHTS” and U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationSer. No. 62/568,294 filed on Oct. 4, 2017, entitled “SELF AWARE LIGHTSTHAT SELF-CONFIGURE.” The entireties of the aforementioned applicationsare incorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND

Typical smart lights have limited capabilities focused primarily onbasic lighting adjustments, such as changing lighting colors, based on auser's configuration. Furthermore, such smart lights usually can requireextensive manual user configuration using applications (e.g. mobilephone apps, computer programs, etc.) that are not intuitive and caninvolve an undesirable amount of learning on the part of the user.

The above-described description is merely intended to provide acontextual overview relating to lighting devices, and is not intended tobe exhaustive.

SUMMARY

The following presents a summary to provide a basic understanding of oneor more embodiments of the disclosed subject matter. This summary is notintended to identify key or critical elements, or delineate any scope ofthe particular embodiments or any scope of the claims. Its sole purposeis to present concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the moredetailed description that is presented later. In one or more embodimentsdescribed herein, systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus,and/or computer program products that can facilitate a self-aware lightthat can perform light and information management are described.

According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided. The systemcan comprise a light component of an enhanced light device, the lightcomponent configured to emit light to facilitate illumination of an areaassociated with the enhanced light device. The system also can include amemory that stores machine-executable components, and a processor thatexecutes the machine-executable components stored in the memory. Themachine-executable components can comprise an information component ofthe enhanced light device, the information component configured toreceive information relating to an environment, a device, or a userlocated in the environment, wherein at least a portion of theinformation comprises sensor data received from a sensor component. Themachine-executable components also can include a light managementcomponent of the enhanced light device, the light management componentconfigured to determine an environment context relating to theenvironment, a device context relating to the device, or a user contextrelating to the user, based at least in part on a result of analyzing afirst subset of the information, comprising the sensor data, anddetermine a second subset of the information that relates to theenvironment or the device to present to the user based at least in parton the environment context, the device context, or the user context.

In accordance with one or more other embodiments, a method is provided.The method can comprise obtaining, by a system comprising a processor,data relating to an environment, a device, or a user located in theenvironment, wherein at least a portion of the data comprises sensordata received from a set of sensors. The method also can comprisedetermining, by the system, user characteristics and user conditionsassociated with the user and at least one of environmentalcharacteristics and environmental conditions associated with theenvironment or device characteristics and device conditions associatedwith the device based at least in part on a first result of analyzingthe data, wherein the user conditions comprises an interaction of theuser with or a proximity of the user to the device or the environment.The method further can include determining, by the system, a subset ofthe data relating to at least one of the device or the environment basedat least in part on a second result of analyzing the usercharacteristics and the user conditions and at least one of theenvironmental characteristics and the environmental conditionsassociated with the environment or the device characteristics and thedevice conditions associated with the device. The method also cancomprise controlling, by the system, emission of light to an areaassociated with at least one of the device or the environment based atleast in part on a third result of the analyzing. The method further cancomprise initiating, by the system, presentation of the subset of thedata to the user.

In yet one or more other embodiments, a light device is presented. Thelight device can comprise a light component configured to emit light tofacilitate illumination of an area associated with the device. The lightdevice also can include a sensor component configured to comprise one ormore sensors configured to sense environment conditions or environmentcharacteristics associated with the area, device conditions or devicecharacteristics associated with a device, or user conditions or usercharacteristics associated with a user, and generate sensor data basedat least in part on the sensing of the environment conditions, theenvironment characteristics, the device conditions, or the devicecharacteristics. The light device also can include a memory that storesmachine-executable components; and a processor that executes themachine-executable components stored in the memory. Themachine-executable components can comprise an information componentconfigured to receive information relating to the environment, thedevice, or the user located in the environment, wherein at least aportion of the information comprises the sensor data received from thesensor component. The machine-executable components also can include alight management component configured to determine an environmentcontext of the environment, a device context of the device, or a usercontext of the user, based at least in part on a result of analyzing afirst subset of the information, comprising the sensor data, anddetermine a second subset of the information that relates to theenvironment or the device to communicate to the user based at least inpart on the environment context, the device context, or the usercontext, wherein the user context comprises an interaction of the userwith or a proximity of the user to the device or the environment. Thelight device also can comprise an instrument component configured tocommunicate the second subset of the information, relating to theenvironment or the device, to the user via at least one interface of thelight device via transmission of the second subset of the information toa communication device associated with the user.

The following description and the annexed drawings set forth certainillustrative aspects of the specification. These aspects are indicative,however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of thespecification may be employed. Other advantages and enhanced features ofthe specification will become apparent from the following detaileddescription of the specification when considered in conjunction with thedrawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of an example system for an enhancedlight device, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter.

FIG. 2 depicts a block diagram of an example, non-limiting enhancedlight device, in accordance with one or more aspects and embodimentsdescribed herein.

FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting enhancedlight device, in accordance with one or more aspects and embodiments ofthe disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 4 presents an example, non-limiting light bulb diagram of standardshapes and sizes of light bulbs that can be employed for one or morelight elements of a light component for an enhanced light device, inaccordance with various aspects and embodiments of the disclosed subjectmatter.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example, non-limiting diagram of standard types ofbase components, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments ofthe disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting systemthat can employ a set of enhanced light devices that can coordinate witheach other and/or another device(s), in accordance with various aspectsand embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 7 presents a block diagram of another example system that canemploy an enhanced light device associated with a device, in accordancewith various aspects and embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 8 illustrates a diagram of example scenarios in which enhancedlight devices can be used to provide desirable lighting and desirableinformation to a user, in accordance with various aspects andembodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 9 depicts a block diagram of an example, non-limiting lightmanagement component, in accordance with various aspects and embodimentsdescribed herein.

FIG. 10 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limitingawareness component, in accordance with various aspects and embodimentsof the disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 11 depicts a block diagram of an example, non-limiting environmentcomponent, in accordance with one or more aspects and embodimentsdescribed herein.

FIG. 12 presents a block diagram of an example, non-limitingself-configuration component, in accordance with one or more aspects andembodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 13 illustrates a flow diagram of an example, non-limiting methodthat can facilitate controlling operation of one or more enhanced lightdevices to facilitate determining and providing desirable informationregarding a device and/or environment to a user, in accordance withvarious aspects and embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 14 presents a flow diagram of an example, non-limiting method thatcan facilitate identifying a device associated with an enhanced lightdevice, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter.

FIG. 15 depicts a flow diagram of another example, non-limiting methodthat can facilitate controlling operation of one or more enhanced lightdevices, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter.

FIG. 16 illustrates a flow diagram of an example, non-limiting methodthat can facilitate controlling and coordinating respective operation ofenhanced light devices, in accordance with various aspects andembodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

FIG. 17 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limitingoperating environment in which one or more embodiments described hereincan be facilitated.

FIG. 18 is a schematic block diagram of a sample-computing environment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description is merely illustrative and is notintended to limit embodiments and/or application or uses of embodiments.Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed orimplied information presented in the preceding Background or Summarysections, or in the Detailed Description section.

One or more embodiments are now described with reference to thedrawings, wherein like referenced numerals are used to refer to likeelements throughout. In the following description, for purposes ofexplanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to providea more thorough understanding of the one or more embodiments. It isevident, however, in various cases, that the one or more embodiments canbe practiced without these specific details.

Traditional light devices, can include, for example, standard lights andsmart lights that may be employed to adjust lighting conditions.However, standard lights typically are merely capable of being turned onto illuminate or off. Also, typical smart lights generally haverelatively limited capabilities that can focus primarily on basiclighting adjustments, such as changing lighting colors, based on auser's configuration. Further, such smart lights usually can requireextensive manual user configuration using applications (e.g. mobilephone apps, computer programs, etc.) that are not intuitive and caninvolve an undesirable amount of learning on the part of the user.

Light devices can be employed in a variety of locations to provideillumination in the areas such light devices are employed (e.g., placed,installed). For instance, light devices can be employed in externalareas (e.g., in an open or relatively open area outside of a building oron a street), internal areas (e.g., inside a room, closet, garage, orpantry of a home or other building structure), or on or inside of anappliance or other device (e.g., refrigerator, oven, microwave oven,automobile).

When a person enters an unfamiliar area or interacts with an unfamiliardevice, a person often can desire information regarding the unfamiliararea or the unfamiliar device to enable the user to navigate theunfamiliar area or interact with an unfamiliar device. Further, evenwith regard to areas or devices with which a user is generally familiar,there can be changes in conditions associated with such areas or devicesand/or there can be other information (e.g., extrinsic information) thatcan relate or be relevant to such areas or devices, and a person maydesire information regarding such changes in conditions and/or otherinformation relating to such areas or devices.

It can be time consuming, cumbersome, and/or difficult for a person totry to locate an information source (e.g., a manual, another person withknowledge of the area or device) for an area or a device, readinformation in documents or signs associated with the area or device,and/or search the area or device for desired information.

With light devices being utilized in a variety of locations, it can bedesirable and useful to leverage and take advantage of the presence oflight devices in such locations to employ light devices to providedesirable (e.g., relevant) information to people in the area in which alight device is located. The disclosed subject matter can provideenhanced (e.g., improved) light devices that provide users withdesirable information relating to an area or a device associated withsuch enhanced light device(s), can provide for an improved userexperience, and/or can provide for improved safety and security ofusers.

In accordance with various aspects and embodiments, techniques forcreating, configuring, and employing enhanced light devices forproviding desired information relating to associated areas,environments, or devices are presented. An enhanced light device cancomprise a light management component that can control and enhance(e.g., improve or optimize) the emission of light, determine desirableinformation regarding the area, environment, and/or device associatedwith the enhanced light device, present such desirable information to auser(s), and control other operations associated with the enhanced lightdevice based at least in part on conditions associated with the enhancedlight device and/or other enhanced light devices associated with (e.g.,in communication with) the enhanced light device and/or user preferencesof a user(s) of the enhanced light device. The enhanced light device cancomprise a sensor component that can comprise a set of sensors that cansense conditions (e.g., environmental conditions, user conditions)associated with an area or device where the enhanced light device islocated and/or a user associated with the enhanced light device. In someembodiments, the enhanced light device can be mobile or movable (e.g.,can readily be moved), wherein the area where the enhanced light deviceis located can change.

The enhanced light device can include a light component that can beassociated with (e.g., communicatively connected to) the lightmanagement component. The light component can comprise one or more lightelements (e.g., one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDS) or other typeof light element) that can emit light from the light component. Thelight management component can control operations of the lightcomponent, and can control properties and/or characteristics of thelight being emitted from the light component.

The light management component can monitor conditions associated withthe area (e.g., the environment), the device, and/or the user. Forinstance, the light management component can monitor and receive (e.g.,from sensors of the sensor component) sensor data relating theconditions associated with the area, the device, and/or the user. Thelight management component can analyze the sensor data to facilitatedetermining the conditions associated with the area, device, and/oruser, determining a context of the area, device, and/or user, andcontrolling operations, parameters, characteristics, and/or propertiesof the enhanced light device based at least in part on the conditions orcontext associated with the area, device, and/or user. The lightmanagement component also can analyze user preferences (e.g., preferencedata) associated with the user of the enhanced light device.

Based at least in part on the results of the analysis of the sensor dataand/or the user preferences, the light management component candetermine information regarding the area or device, and/or otherinformation, that can be desired by the user, can facilitate obtainingor generating such information, and can present (e.g., visually oraudially via a display or audio speakers) such information to the user.Also, based at least in part on the results of the analysis of thesensor data and/or the user preferences, the light management componentcan determine and facilitate implementing adjustments to make tooperations, parameters, characteristics, and/or properties of theenhanced light device in response to the conditions associated with thearea, device, and/or user. To facilitate controlling the operations,parameters, characteristics, and/or properties of the enhanced lightdevice, the light management component can perform adjustments to theoperations, parameters, characteristics, and/or properties of theenhanced light device or can communicate instructions to othercomponents (e.g., light component and/or sensor component) to facilitateadjusting respective operations, parameters, characteristics, and/orproperties of or associated with respective components of the enhancedlight device, wherein the respective components can perform suchrespective adjustments to the respective operations, parameters,characteristics, and/or properties of or associated with the respectivecomponents based at least in part on the instructions.

In some implementations, the light management component of the enhancedlight device can determine a device (e.g., refrigerator, oven, microwaveoven, automobile) and/or an environment in which the enhanced lightdevice is installed or located, or with which it is otherwiseassociated, can learn about the device and/or environment, and/or canobtain, determine, and/or store information (e.g., information relatingto the device or environment), based at least in part on the results ofthe analysis of the sensor data. In response to detecting a user inproximity to or interacting with the device, or at another desired time(e.g., prior to detecting the user), the enhanced light device, or theenvironment, the light management component can determine a context ofthe user, the device, the enhanced light device, and/or the environment,based at least in part on the results of analyzing sensor data obtainedfrom one or more sensors of the sensor component. The light managementcomponent can determine certain information that can be desired by oruseful to the user, based at least in part on the context of the user,the device, the enhanced light device, and/or the environment. The lightmanagement component can present or facilitate presenting such certaininformation (e.g., visually, audially, haptically) to the user via adesired interface (e.g., display screen, audio speakers, hapticcomponent) of the enhanced light device or via a communication device(e.g., a mobile phone, a computer, an electronic tablet, an electronicgaming device, a television, electronic eyewear or bodywear, . . . )associated with (e.g., communicatively connected to) the enhanced lightdevice.

In certain implementations, information, such as information related tothe device or environment in which the enhanced light device is to beinstalled or located, can be pre-loaded into the enhanced light device.The light management component can update (e.g., modify) or supplementthe pre-loaded information based at least in part on conditions sensedby the sensor component and/or a context determined for the device,enhanced light device, and/or user. The enhanced light device can beinstalled in a device as an original installation or a retrofitinstallation, for example.

In some aspects, the enhanced light device can communicate (e.g., via acommunication network) with one or more other enhanced light devicesand/or other types of devices (e.g., communication devices, such asmobile phones, computers, electronic pads or tablets, electronic gamingdevices, . . . ; a camera; a Wi-Fi or other type of modem; a securitysystem; an appliance; . . . ) to facilitate desirable (e.g., enhanced,improved, optimized, acceptable) function and operation of the enhancedlight device and/or the one or more other enhanced light devices tomanage light emission or other processing of light in the area(s)associated with (e.g., covered by) the enhanced light device and/or theone or more other enhanced light devices, determine and provide (e.g.,present) desired information regarding the device or environment to theuser, enhance user experience and enjoyment of the device and/or thearea(s), and enhance safety and security of the user, other people,and/or vehicle traffic associated with such area(s). An enhanced lightdevice can understand its environment and device ecosystem using thesensors and instruments of the enhanced light device, and can perform(e.g., automatically perform) a self-configuration to enhance (e.g.,optimize or improve) its functionality for the environment and deviceecosystem.

It is to be appreciated and understood that, in some embodiments, anenhanced light device can be a retrofit light bulb with components(e.g., light management component, light component, sensor component,instrument component) integrated therein. In certain embodiments, anenhanced light device can have all or a portion of the sensors of thesensor component, instruments of the instrument component, or othercomponents integrated into a light fixture (e.g., socket, holder,ballast) associated with the enhanced light device.

With regard to the example aspects and embodiments disclosed herein,there can be coordination amongst a set of enhanced light devices toachieve a desired objective (e.g. goal, intention, purpose, action,operation, configuration, etc.), whether explicitly stated or not.Further, although the terms “enhanced light device,” “self-awareenhanced light device,” and “self-aware light” are used herein, inaccordance with various embodiments, the example implementations ofenhanced light devices (e.g., self-aware light devices) disclosed hereincan include one or more enhanced light devices operating independentlyor in a distributed fashion, as applicable. All such embodiments areenvisaged by and part of the disclosed subject matter.

These and other aspects and embodiments of the disclosed subject matterwill now be described with respect to the drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of an example system 100 for anenhanced light device, in accordance with various aspects andembodiments of the disclosed subject matter. The disclosed subjectmatter is directed to machine (e.g., computer) processing systems,machine-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or machine program productsthat can facilitate efficiently, effectively, and automatically (e.g.,with little or no direct involvement from a user) employing one or moreenhanced light devices (e.g., one or more self-aware light devices) thatcan perform (e.g., automatically perform) self-configuration (e.g.,self-configuration of parameters) to facilitate providing desiredinformation to users, enhanced user experience, and enhanced safety andsecurity of users.

For example, when (and if) installed in a desired place, the system 100(e.g., the enhanced light device 102 of the system 100) can employsensors, tools, and communication components (e.g., communicationdevices) to facilitate determining the place of the enhanced lightdevice 102 in the environment and device ecosystem and perform (e.g.,automatically perform) a configuration (e.g., an auto-configuration) ofthe enhanced light device 102 (e.g., respective configuration therespective components of the enhanced light device 102). In an example,the system 100 (e.g., the enhanced light device 102 of the system 100)can employ one or more sensors that can provide information (e.g.,sensor information) that can facilitate understanding the physicalenvironment in which the enhanced light device 102 is installed, andfacilitate determining how the enhanced light device 102 fits intoand/or can desirably interact with the physical environment. In anotherexample, the system 100 (e.g., the enhanced light device 102) cancommunicate via one or more communication networks to facilitateidentifying and communicating with one or more other systems (e.g.,other enhanced light devices of other systems) and/or other devices inthe device ecosystem, and facilitate determining how the enhanced lightdevice 102 fits into and/or can desirably interact with the deviceecosystem. As more fully disclosed herein, based at least in part onsuch determinations, the system 100 (e.g., the enhanced light device 102of the system 100) can generate a light profile for the enhanced lightdevice 102 and can perform (e.g., automatically perform) a configuration(e.g., an auto-configuration) of the enhanced light device 102 accordingto (e.g., conforming to) the light profile. It is to be appreciated andunderstood that a user interface (not shown) can be provided that canallow a user to manually adjust the light profile and/or configurationgenerated by the enhanced light device 102.

To facilitate self-configuration, when more than one enhanced lightdevice is employed, the enhanced light devices (e.g., 102) describedherein can be in communication with each other, and/or can communicatewith another device(s) (e.g., mobile phone, a computer, an electronictablet, an electronic gaming device, a television, electronic headwearor bodywear, an appliance, a security system, a camera, a drone, . . .), to exchange information that can be used (and analyzed) by therespective enhanced light devices to enable the respective enhancedlight devices to each determine a desirable (e.g., suitable, enhanced,or optimal) configuration of such enhanced light device. The enhancedlight devices (e.g., of or associated with the system 100) cancoordinate amongst themselves to make decisions regarding respectiveactions to be taken by the respective enhanced light devices. In someimplementations, the enhanced light devices (e.g., 102) can receiveinstructions from another device, such as a device of a control systemor a communication device (e.g., mobile phone, computer, . . . ),regarding actions to be taken by the enhanced light devices. Theenhanced light devices also can receive instructions from a user (e.g.,an operator) regarding actions to be taken by the enhanced light devicesor devices associated with the enhanced light devices. An enhanced lightdevice 102 can autonomously make decisions regarding actions to be takenby the enhanced light device 102. It is to be appreciated and understoodthat enhanced light devices can employ any of the decision-makingmethods disclosed herein, alone or in combination, regarding actions tobe taken by the enhanced light devices of or associated with the system100.

The enhanced light device 102 can comprise a light component 104, alight management component 106, an information component 108, a sensorcomponent 110, and an instrument component 112. The light component 104can emit the light to an area in proximity to the location of the lightcomponent 104. The light component 104 can comprise one or more lightelements (e.g., one or more LEDs or other type(s) of light element(s))that can produce and emit respective portions of the light emitted bythe light component 104, for example, in response to power received froma power source(s) (e.g., an electric grid system, a battery, a solarpower cell system). The light component 104 can emit light of one ormore colors, emit light at one or more illumination levels, and/or emitlight in one or more directions.

The light management component 106 can comprise or be associated with(e.g., connected to) the light component 104, the information component108, the sensor component 110, the instrument component 112, and/oranother component(s) of the enhanced light device 102 to facilitatecontrolling operation of the enhanced light device 102 and productionand presentation of desirable (e.g., relevant or useful, or at leastpotentially relevant or useful) information regarding a device 114and/or the environment associated with the enhanced light device 102.For instance, the light management component 106 can control operationof the respective components (e.g., light component 104, informationcomponent 108, instrument component 112, . . . ) of the enhanced lightdevice 102, and/or other enhanced light devices associated with theenhanced light device 102, and/or can determine desirable informationregarding the device 114 and/or environment associated with the enhancedlight device 102 that can be provided (e.g., presented to a user, basedat least in part on the results of analyzing sensor data received fromthe sensor component 110 and/or other data (e.g., user preferences,commands, or requests; data obtained from extrinsic sources), inaccordance with the light profile, environment profile, device profile(e.g., of device 114), and/or user profile, associated with the enhancedlight device 102 and generated by the light management component 106, asmore fully described herein.

The information component 108 can determine, generate, store, obtain(e.g., retrieve from a data store of the enhanced light device 102and/or from an extrinsic (e.g., external) data source(s)), and/orprovide desirable (e.g., relevant or useful, or at least potentiallyrelevant or useful) information based at least in part on (e.g., inresponse to) interaction of the user with, or proximity of the user to,the environment or device 114, and/or characteristics, conditions, orcontext of the environment, device 114, or user, in accordance with thedefined light management criteria. For example, in response to adetected interaction of the user with the device 114 or the environment,the information component 108 can determine or facilitate determining asubset of information that can be related to the device 114 and/or theenvironment where the device is located and can be desirable to theuser, based at least in part on the interaction of the user with thedevice 114 and/or the environment, and/or the respective contexts of theuser, device 114, and/or environment, in accordance with the definedlight management criteria.

The light management component 106 and/or information component 108 candetermine or identify a device 114 associated with (e.g., connected orattached to, or in proximity to) the enhanced light device 102 based atleast in part on a result of analyzing sensor data relating to thedevice 114 that is obtained from the sensor component 110 and/ordevice-related data regarding the device 114 that can be pre-loaded orobtained from another data source(s), as more fully described herein.The light management component 106 and/or information component 108 canbe employed to determine particular information that can be desirable(e.g., can be relevant and/or useful) to a user associated with (e.g.,interacting with or in proximity to) the enhanced light device 102and/or a device 114 or an environment associated with (e.g., inproximity or connected to) the enhanced light device 102, based at leastin part on a context of the user, a context of the device 114, a contextof the enhanced light device 102, and/or a context of the environment,as determined by the light management component 106 or informationcomponent 108, in accordance with defined light management criteria, asmore fully described herein. The information component 108 can have allor a portion of the particular information stored in the informationcomponent 108 or a data store (not shown in FIG. 1) of or associatedwith the information component 108, can have all or a portion of theparticular information determined by the light management component 106,the information component 108, or another component of the enhancedlight device 102, and/or can obtain all or a portion of the particularinformation from the sensor component 110 (e.g., by sensing or scanningthe device 114 and/or environment), the device 114, and/or one or moreextrinsic data sources associated with (e.g., communicatively connectedto) the enhanced light device 102. In some embodiments, all or a portionof the particular information (e.g., associated with a particularinstance) and/or other information regarding the device 114 and/orenvironment can be pre-loaded into the information component 108 and/orassociated data store of the enhanced light device 102.

In some embodiments, the device 114 can comprise communicationfunctionality, and the enhanced light device 102 can receive at least aportion the information (e.g., identification information, functionalityinformation, operation information, fault information, . . . ) relatingto the device 114 from the device 114 via a direct communicationconnection or via a wireline or wireless communication connection withthe communication network. In other embodiments, the light managementcomponent 106 or information component 108 can obtain information fromextrinsic data sources, such as websites associated with communicationdevices that can be accessed via a communication network. The websitescan be sites associated with the manufacturer or seller of the device114, sites of other entities that can provide information regarding thedevice 114, and/or sites (e.g., weather website, environment-relatedwebsite, government website, news website, . . . ) of other entitiesthat can provide information regarding the environment.

In accordance with various embodiments, with regard to a device 114associated with the enhanced light device 102, the light managementcomponent 106 and/or information component 108 can monitor conditionsassociated with the area (e.g., the environment) where the enhancedlight device 102 is located or installed, the device 114 associated withthe enhanced light device 102, and/or the user (e.g., user interactingwith or in proximity to the device 114 or area). For instance, the lightmanagement component can monitor and receive (e.g., from one or moresensors of the sensor component 110) sensor data relating the conditionsassociated with and/or activities (e.g., by the user) taking place in orwith respect to the area, the device 114, and/or the user. One or moresensors of the sensor component 110 can sense or detect a userinteracting with or in proximity to the device 114 associated with theenhanced light device 102.

The light management component 106 and/or information component 108 cananalyze sensor data relating to the user interacting with or being inproximity to the device 114. Based at least in part on the results ofsuch analysis of the sensor data, the light management component 106 canidentify or determine the interaction of the user with the device 114 orthe environment and/or characteristics or conditions associated with theuser being in proximity to the device 114 or in the environment, theidentity (e.g., identify the name and associated user profile of theuser), other information regarding the user, and/or context of the user(e.g., the user is attempting to use or manipulate the device 114, theuser is attempting access an item or object of or associated with thedevice 114, actions or interaction of the user with respect to theenvironment in response to environmental conditions, and/or impact oreffect of environmental conditions on the user, . . . ), the context ofthe device 114 (e.g., the operating state of the device 114, theavailable functions of the device 114, a malfunction of the device 114,. . . ), and/or the context of the environment (e.g., characteristics,conditions, features, etc., of or associated with the environment and/orthe device 114 or other objects in or associated with the environment, .. . ).

Based at least in part on the interaction or proximity of the user withthe device 114 or the environment, the context of the user, the contextof the device 114, and/or the context of the environment, the lightmanagement component 106 and/or information component 108 can determinea particular subset of information (e.g., desirable information) thatcan be relevant and/or useful, or at least potentially relevant and/oruseful, to the user, can determine a form of presentation (e.g., visual,audio, and/or haptic presentation; presentation via communication deviceof the user that is associated with the enhanced light device 102 and/ordirectly via the enhanced light device 102) of the subset of informationto the user, and can present or facilitate presenting the subset ofinformation to the user.

The sensor component 110 can comprise or employ one or more sensors thatcan sense respective conditions associated with device 114 or theenvironment(s) (e.g., physical environment, logical environment,communication network environment) in or on which the enhanced lightdevice 102 is situated or with which the enhanced light device 102 isassociated (e.g., to which the enhanced light device 102 is inproximity). The one or more sensors of the sensor component 110 cancomprise, for example, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, anavigation device, a camera, a video camera, a three-dimensional camera,a global positioning system (GPS) device, a motion sensor, a radarsensor or device, a temperature or heat sensor, a weather sensor, ahumidity sensor, a barometer, a Doppler radar, a light sensor, a thermalimaging sensor or device, an infrared camera, an audio sensor, anultrasound imaging sensor or device, a light detection and ranging(LIDAR) sensor, a sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) sensor or device,a microwave sensor, a smoke detector, a chemical sensor, a radiationsensor, an electromagnetic field sensor, a pressure sensor, a spectrumanalyzer, a scent sensor, a moisture sensor, a biohazard sensor, a touchsensor, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, an altimeter, a microscope, amagnetometer, a sensor or device capable of seeing through or inside ofobjects, or any other desired (e.g., suitable) sensors. It is to beappreciated and understood that the enhanced light device 102 cancomprise one or more configurable and/or removably attached sensors ofthe sensor component 110. For instance, the enhanced light device 102can comprise a modular configuration that can allow for one or more ofthe sensors of the sensor component 110 to be added or removed by amanufacturer or a user.

The instrument component 112 can comprise or employ one or moreinstruments, tools, or devices that can perform respective functions ortasks. The instrument component 112 can include, for example, a displayscreen, a video projector, or an audio speaker. The instrument component112 also can comprise, for example, a projectile launcher, a liquidsprayer, an air blower, a flame thrower, a heat projector, a coldprojector, a scent projector, a chemical projector, an electricdischarge device, a fire extinguisher, a laser device, or any othersuitable tools to perform any task. The instrument component 112 furthercan comprise, for example, indicators (e.g., visual indicators (e.g.,LEDs) or audio indicators), or any other suitable instrument, tool, ordevice. It is to be appreciated and understood that the enhanced lightdevice 102 can comprise configurable and/or removably attachedinstruments, tools, or devices. For example, the enhanced light device102 can comprise a modular configuration that can allow for one or moreinstruments, tools, or devices to be added or removed by themanufacturer or user.

With further regard to the light management component 106 and theinformation component 108, the light management component 106 candetermine or identify a device 114 (e.g., refrigerator, oven, microwaveoven, automobile, . . . ) and/or an environment in which the enhancedlight device 102 is installed or located, or with which it is otherwiseassociated, can learn about the device 114 and/or environment, and/orcan obtain, determine, and/or store information (e.g., informationrelating to the device 114 or environment), based at least in part onthe results of the analysis of the sensor data and/or other informationavailable to the light management component 106. For instance, the lightmanagement component 106 can detect or identify a device 114 or anenvironment in proximity to or otherwise associated with (e.g.,connected or attached to) the enhanced light device 102, based at leastin part on sensor data relating to the device 114 obtained from thesensor component 110 or other information (e.g., device-relatedinformation) obtained by the light management component 106 from anotherdata source.

For example, the enhanced light device 102 can be installed in or on adevice 114 (e.g., appliance, vehicle, machine, . . . ). In someimplementations, one or more sensors (e.g., camera) of the sensorcomponent 110 can sense or detect information regarding the device 114from the device 114. For instance, a sensor (e.g., camera) can detectand/or capture an image of a label on the device 114 that can containinformation regarding the manufacturer, model, serial number, or otherinformation (e.g., identifying information) associated with the device114. The sensor or the light management component 106 can analyze thesensor data (e.g., the image of the label) and, as part of the analysis,can employ pattern recognition to recognize or identify the informationon the label. The light management component 106 or informationcomponent 108 can identify the device 114 (e.g., identify themanufacturer, device model, serial number, etc., associated with thedevice 114), based at least in part on the results of the analysis ofthe sensor data.

As another example, one or more sensors (e.g., camera) can detect and/orcapture an image of the shape of the device 114, or portion thereof. Thesensor or the light management component 106 can analyze the sensor data(e.g., the image of the device or device portion) and, as part of theanalysis, can employ pattern recognition to recognize or identifyfeatures of the device 114. The light management component 106 orinformation component 108 can identify the device 114 (e.g., identifythe manufacturer or device model, etc., of the device 114), based atleast in part on the results of the analysis of the sensor data (e.g.,based at least in part on the features of the device 114 identified fromthe sensor data).

As still another example, one or more sensors of the sensor component110 can sense or detect conditions, features, or characteristics of anenvironment where the enhanced light device 102 (and/or device 114) is(are) located or installed. For instance, with regard to an outdoorenvironment, the one or more sensors (e.g., camera, audio sensor,temperature sensor, humidity sensor, smoke sensor, air quality sensor, .. . ) can sense or detect the relative or respective locations,conditions, features, or characteristics (e.g., shapes, sizes, colors,sounds, . . . ) of people, animals, trees, streets, curbs, wires, holes,buildings, telephone poles, street lights, hills, ditches, or otherobjects, of the environment; can sense or detect air and/or weatherconditions (e.g., air temperature, precipitation, humidity, air pressurelevel, air quality level, visibility level, . . . ) of the environment;and/or can sense or detect other conditions, features, orcharacteristics of the environment. With regard to an indoor environment(e.g., inside of a home or other building, inside of a vehicle or otherdevice 114), the one or more sensors (e.g., camera, audio sensor,temperature sensor, humidity sensor, smoke sensor, air quality sensor, .. . ) can sense or detect the relative or respective locations,conditions, features, or characteristics (e.g., shapes, sizes, colors,sounds, . . . ) of people, animals, furniture, rooms, doors, or otherobjects, of the environment; can sense or detect air and/or weatherconditions (e.g., air temperature, precipitation, humidity, air pressurelevel, air quality level, visibility level, . . . ) of the environment;and/or can sense or detect other conditions, features, orcharacteristics of the indoor environment.

In some implementations, the enhanced light device 102 can be located orinstalled in a device 114. In such instances, the one or more sensors ofthe sensor component 110 can be employed to sense or detect relative orrespective locations, conditions, features, or characteristics ofobjects and/or the air inside the device 114 and outside of the device114.

The light management component 106 can analyze the sensor data regardingthe environment to identify the environment (e.g., identify the locationof the environment, identify people in the environment, identifybuilding or business names or addresses in the environment, identify thetype of environment (e.g., vehicle, inside of an appliance, building(e.g., hospital, store, restaurant, . . . ), outdoor location (e.g.,city location, park, rural location, . . . )), and/or identify otherconditions, features, or characteristics of the environment. In someimplementations, the light management component 106 can obtain otherinformation relating to the environment from one or more extrinsic datasources (e.g., communication devices associated with the communicationnetwork), wherein the light management component 106 can utilize theother information to facilitate the identification of the environment,including objects in the environment, determining information (e.g.,environment conditions, object-related information) regarding theenvironment, including objects in the environment, and/or determiningthe context of the environment. For instance, the light managementcomponent 106 can analyze the sensor data, and based at least in part onresults of that analysis, the light management component 106 candetermine or identify at least a portion of the conditions, features, orcharacteristics of the environment, including objects present in theenvironment. Further, based at least in part on (e.g., by using andleveraging) the analysis results and identification of at least theportion of the conditions, features, or characteristics of theenvironment, the light management component 106 can search for andreceive additional information (e.g., the other information) from theone or more extrinsic data sources, can analyze the additionalinformation, and can determine or identify another portion of theconditions, features, or characteristics of the environment, includingobjects present in the environment, which can further improve theaccuracy of the identification of the environment, and objectsassociated therewith, can further provide additional informationregarding the environment, and can further improve the accuracy of thedetermination of the context of the environment. The one or moreextrinsic data sources can comprise, for example, a weather service orapplication, a mapping service or application, a utility company, a lawenforcement or other government agency, a news service or application,and/or any other desired data source, wherein the one or more extrinsicdata sources can be accessed or communicated with via respectivecommunication devices of or associated with the respective extrinsicdata sources.

In some embodiments, identification information that can identify thedevice 114 and/or environment, and/or other information regarding thedevice 114 and/or environment, can be pre-loaded on the enhanced lightdevice 102 (e.g., pre-loaded into the information component 108 or datastore of the enhanced light device 102). The light management component106 also can update (e.g., modify) or supplement the pre-loadedinformation, or other collected information relating to the deviceand/or environment, based at least in part on sensor data relating toconditions sensed by the sensor component 110, a context(s) determinedfor the device 114, environment, enhanced light device 102, and/or user,and/or other information obtained from one or more other (e.g.,extrinsic) data sources.

In accordance with various embodiments, the light management component106 can generate, update, and maintain respective profiles forrespective entities, such as, for example, an environment profile thatcan comprise information associated with and relating to theenvironment, a device profile that can comprise information associatedwith and relating to the device 114, a user profile that can compriseinformation associated with and relating to the user (e.g., respectiveuser profiles for respective users), and/or a light profile that cancomprise information associated with and relating to the enhanced lightdevice 102. For instance, the environment profile can compriseinformation relating to the characteristics, conditions, features, etc.,of the environment, as determined by the light management component 106based at least in part on sensor data obtained from the sensor component110 and/or information obtained from other (e.g., extrinsic) datasources. The device profile can comprise information relating to thecharacteristics, conditions, features, etc., of the device 114, asdetermined by the light management component 106 based at least in parton sensor data obtained from the sensor component 110, informationobtained from the device 114, and/or information obtained from other(e.g., extrinsic) data sources. The user profile can compriseinformation relating to the characteristics, conditions, features, etc.,of a user, including interactions of the user with the device 114 and/orenvironment, as determined by the light management component 106 basedat least in part on sensor data obtained from the sensor component 110,information (e.g., user preferences, selections, and/or other inputdata) obtained from the user, and/or other information (e.g.,demographic data) obtained from other (e.g., extrinsic) data sources.The light profile can comprise information relating to thecharacteristics, conditions, features, etc., of the enhanced lightdevice 102, and/or information relating to the device 114, environment,and/or user (e.g., as obtained from the device profile, environmentprofile, and/or user profile), as determined by the light managementcomponent 106 based at least in part on sensor data obtained from thesensor component 110, information obtained from the device 114 or user,and/or other information obtained from other (e.g., extrinsic) datasources.

The light management component 106 can analyze the light profile, andbased at least in part on the results of such analysis, the lightmanagement component 106 can determine one or more adjustments (e.g.,modifications) that can be made to operations, parameters,characteristics, and/or properties of respective components (e.g., lightcomponent 104, information component 108, instrument component 112, . .. ) of the enhanced light device 102 to facilitate controllingoperations, parameters, characteristics, and/or properties of theenhanced light device 102, in response to the respectivecharacteristics, conditions, features, etc., associated with the device114, the environment, the user, and/or the enhanced light device 102, inaccordance with the defined light management criteria.

For example, the light management component 106 can update deviceprofile associated with the device 114 based at least in part on adevice-related context for the device 114 that can be determined as aresult of analyzing the sensor data or other data, update theenvironment profile associated with the environment based at least inpart on the environmental context for the environment that can bedetermined as a result of analyzing the sensor data and/or other data,update the user profile associated with the user based at least in parton the user context of the user that can be determined as a result ofanalyzing the user-related data, and/or update the light profileassociated with the enhanced light device 102 based at least in part onthe device context, device profile, environmental context, environmentalprofile, user context, user profile, and/or other information. Based atleast in part on such updates to the device profile, environmentprofile, user profile, and/or light profile, the light managementcomponent 106 can determine the one or more adjustments that can be madeto the operations, parameters, characteristics, and/or properties ofrespective components of the enhanced light device 102. Such updatedprofiles can be stored in a data store of or associated with theenhanced light device 102.

To facilitate controlling the respective operations, parameters,characteristics, and/or properties of the respective components (e.g.,light component 104, information component 108, sensor component 110,instrument component 112, . . . ) of the enhanced light device 102, thelight management component 106 can perform the adjustments to theoperations, parameters, characteristics, and/or properties of theenhanced light device 102 or can communicate instructions to othercomponents (e.g., light component 104, information component 108, sensorcomponent 110, instrument component 112, . . . ) to facilitate adjustingthe respective operations, parameters, characteristics, and/orproperties of or associated with the respective components of theenhanced light device 102, wherein the respective components (e.g.,light component 104, information component 108, sensor component 110,instrument component 112, . . . ) can perform such respectiveadjustments to the respective operations, parameters, characteristics,and/or properties of or associated with the respective components basedat least in part on the instructions.

The light management component 106 can facilitate controlling thedetermination of desirable information to provide (e.g., present) to auser based at least in part on the light profile (e.g., as updated basedat least in part on an interaction of the user with or proximity of theuser to the device 114 and/or environment), in accordance with thedefined light management criteria. As another example, the lightmanagement component 106 can facilitate controlling (e.g., adjusting ormodifying) the respective operations, parameters, characteristics,and/or properties of the light component 104 in a number of ways. Forinstance, the light management component 106 can control switching thelight component 104 between an on state (e.g., illuminated state) or offstate (e.g., no light illumination), control (e.g., adjust) anillumination level of the light component 104 and/or control which lightelements of the light component 104 are illuminated to facilitatecontrolling the illumination level of the light component 104, control acolor of the light emitted by the light component 104, and/or control adirection of emission of light by the light component 104, based atleast in part on the light profile of the enhanced light device 102, inaccordance with defined light management criteria. The light managementcomponent 106 also can control the emission of light by the lightcomponent 104, the diffusion of light, and/or other processing of lightby the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., a diffusion component and/orlight processing component of the enhanced light device 102), based atleast in part on the light profile of the enhanced light device 102, inaccordance with defined light management criteria.

As still another example, the light management component 106 can controlthe respective operations, parameters, characteristics, and/orproperties of the instrument component 112 in a number of ways. Forinstance, the light management component 106 can control the switchingon or off of respective instruments of the instrument component 112, thesetting of respective parameters of the respective instruments of theinstrument component 112, and/or the presentation the desirableinformation via one or more interfaces (e.g., display screen, audiospeaker(s), haptic component) of the instrument component 112, etc.,based at least in part on the light profile (e.g., the results ofanalyzing the light profile (e.g., as updated with currentinformation)), in accordance with the defined light management criteria.If, for example, a hazard is detected with respect to the device 114,the light management component 106 can determine desirable information(e.g., information relating to the hazard, hazard warning or indicator,and/or information regarding how to respond to the hazard) to provide tothe user via the enhanced light device 102 or communication device ofthe user associated with the enhanced light device 102, and candetermine one or more instruments (e.g., fire extinguisher or sprinklersystem, smoke alarm, display screen and/or audio speakers to present amap or directions for safe exit to avoid the hazard, . . . ) of theinstrument component 112 to utilize to respond to the hazard tofacilitate eliminating or mitigating the hazard, and/or facilitatenotifying the user of the hazard and guiding the user to a safe locationto avoid the hazard, based at least in part on the light profile.

In accordance with various embodiments, the light management component106 can control display of visual information, notifications, orindicators by the enhanced light device 102, control emission of audioinformation, notifications, or indicators by the enhanced light device102, control emission of haptic information, notifications, orindicators (e.g., haptic feedback) by the enhanced light device 102,and/or control communication of information, notifications, orindicators (e.g., visual, audio, haptic information, notifications, orindicators) from the enhanced light device 102 to another device (e.g.,another enhanced light device; the device 114; a communication device,such as a mobile phone, computer, etc.; and/or a device associated withlaw enforcement or an emergency response entity, . . . ), and/or controlother elements, features, or parameters of the enhanced light device102, based at least in part on the light profile of the enhanced lightdevice 102, in accordance with the defined light management criteria, asmore fully described herein.

In accordance with various embodiments, as more fully described herein,the enhanced light device 102 and/or one or more other enhanced lightdevices, which can be associated with (e.g., communicatively connectedto) the enhanced light device 102 and each other, can control operationsand parameters, determine responses to contexts or conditions, and/ordetermine which functionalities (e.g., instruments and/or sensors) toutilize (e.g., employ by and/or for the enhanced light device(s) and/orthe user(s)) based at least in part on a determined context(s) (e.g.,user context, device context, environmental context, . . . ), inaccordance with the defined light management criteria. For instance, asmore fully described herein, one or more enhanced light devices (e.g.,enhanced light device 102) can be located (e.g., respectively located ordistributed) throughout an area (e.g., to act as respective hub lightdevices). The respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 102) can employprocessing capabilities and/or intelligence capabilities, which can beutilized to determine the respective contexts of the respective enhancedlight devices, respectively associated devices (e.g., 114), respectiveenvironments, and/or respective users. The light management component(s)(e.g., 106) of the enhanced light device(s) (e.g., 102) can determineone or more respective functionalities (e.g., instruments) to utilize,determine desirable information to provide to a user, determine aninstrument(s) to use, and/or determine parameters to use for componentsor instruments of the enhanced light device(s), etc., to respond to aparticular context, situation, or condition of a device, environment,and/or user of an enhanced light device(s).

An enhanced light device(s) (e.g., 102) can comprise various sensors orinstruments of the sensor component 110 and instrument component 112(e.g., a display(s) (e.g., a projected display and/or a display screen),an audio speaker(s), a microphone(s), a communication device, a touchscreen, a camera, and/or other sensors, tools, instruments, orcomponents). As more fully described herein, an enhanced light device102 (e.g., a hub light device) can communicate and coordinate with oneor more other enhanced light devices (e.g., one or more other hublights) or other devices (e.g., a camera(s) on or near a door and/or inanother location(s); a Wi-Fi modem(s); a security system; a machine; anappliance; an automobile; . . . ) in a particular area.

In some embodiments, an enhanced light device 102 can be designed tohave a form factor that can comport with (e.g., can desirably fit into)a décor of an area (e.g., room, building, . . . ) in which the enhancedlight device 102 is located or installed. For example, an enhanced lightdevice 102 (e.g., a hub light) can be in the form of a vase in a hotelroom. As another example, an enhanced light device 102 can be in theform of a frame of a painting or a painting itself placed on a wall in ahouse or other building. In still another example, an enhanced lightdevice 102 can be structured in the form of a globe of the Earth, whichcan be situated in a desired room or other location. An enhanced lightdevice(s) 102 can comprise and perform various functions, as more fullydescribed herein, such as, for example, a set of speakers, a radio, atelevision, a telephone, a home/room automation center or device, a doorpeephole, video conferencing, hotel check-in or check-out, conciergefunctions or services, room services, an alarm clock, a thermostat, amessaging or messing application, an electronic assistant, an electronicscheduler, an electronic note taker, security or fire alarm functions,and/or other functions or services, as more fully described herein.

In accordance with various implementations, the light managementcomponent 106 can control (e.g., automatically control, adjust, ormodify) operations of the enhanced light device(s) 102 in relation to,for example, enhancing security and safety of people or traffic,emergency situations, business and sales operations, horticulturesystems, and one or more other desired situations, systems, orobjectives (e.g. goal, intention, purpose, action, operation,configuration, . . . ). These and other features of or associated withthe enhanced light devices (e.g., 102) can reduce, minimize, oreliminate the need for a user to perform manual configuration of theenhanced light devices or other parameters associated with the enhancedlight devices.

With further regard to the one or more sensors of the sensor component110, the RFID reader of the sensor component 110 can sense and/oridentify RFID tags in proximity to the enhanced light device 102 (e.g.,in proximity to the RFID reader of the enhanced light device 102). Thenavigation device can facilitate generating directions in connectionwith or in relation to the enhanced light device 102. The camera, thevideo camera, and/or the three-dimensional camera respectively cancapture multi-dimensional visual images in proximity to the enhancedlight device 102. The GPS device can facilitate sensing a location ofthe enhanced light device 102 or an object(s) (e.g., device 114 oranother object(s)) in proximity to the enhanced light device 102 and/orgenerating directions in connection with the enhanced light device 102.The motion sensor can sense movement and/or direction of movement of anobject(s) in proximity and relation to the enhanced light device 102(e.g., in proximity to the motion sensor of the enhanced light device102). The radar sensor or device can employ radar technology tofacilitate detecting an object(s), including detecting the locationand/or movement of an object(s), in proximity to the enhanced lightdevice 102 (e.g., in proximity to the radar sensor of the enhanced lightdevice 102).

A temperature or heat sensor can sense, measure, determine, orfacilitate determining a temperature of the environment or an object(e.g., device 114 or other object) in proximity to or otherwiseassociated with the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to thetemperature sensor of the enhanced light device 102). A weather sensorcan sense weather conditions of or associated with the environment inproximity to or relevant to the enhanced light device 102. A humiditysensor can detect, measure, determine, or facilitate determining thehumidity level of the environment or an object (e.g., device 114) inproximity to or otherwise associated with the enhanced light device 102(e.g., in proximity to the humidity sensor of the enhanced light device102). A barometer can sense, measure, determine, or facilitatedetermining the air pressure level of the environment or object (e.g.,device 114) in proximity to the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., inproximity to the barometer of the enhanced light device 102). A Dopplerradar can employ the Doppler effect to sense, measure, determine, orfacilitate determining movement of objects and/or velocity of movementof objects in proximity to or otherwise associated with the enhancedlight device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the Doppler radar of theenhanced light device 102).

A light sensor can detect or measure light or an amount of light inproximity to the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to thelight sensor of the enhanced light device 102). A thermal imaging sensoror device, or an infrared camera, can detect, measure, or determine anamount of radiation of the environment or objects (e.g., device 114 orother object) in the environment in proximity to the thermal imagingsensor or device, and can generate thermal images (e.g., thermograms) ofthe radiation of the environment or objects in the environment, based atleast in part on the detecting, measuring, or determining the amount ofradiation. An audio sensor can sense audio signals, measure audiosignals, or facilitate identifying audio signals in proximity to theenhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the audio sensor of theenhanced light device 102). An ultrasound imaging sensor or device canemploy ultrasound technology to detect features of or objects in anenvironment in proximity to or otherwise associated with the enhancedlight device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the ultrasound imaging sensor ordevice of the enhanced light device 102), and can facilitate generationof images (e.g., ultrasound images) that can represent the features ofor objects in the environment in proximity to the enhanced light device102.

A LIDAR sensor or device can employ a laser light (e.g., a pulsed laserlight) to detect features of or objects in an environment in proximityto the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the LIDAR sensoror device of the enhanced light device 102), and can facilitategeneration of images (e.g., LIDAR images) that can represent thefeatures of or objects (e.g., device 114 or other object) in theenvironment in proximity to or otherwise associated with the enhancedlight device 102. A SONAR sensor or device that can employ ultrasoundtechnology to detect features of or objects in the environment inproximity to the enhanced light device 102, and the distance between thefeatures or objects and the enhanced light device 102, and canfacilitate generation of images (e.g., SONAR images) that can representthe features of or objects in the environment in proximity to orotherwise associated with the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., inproximity to the SONAR sensor or device of the enhanced light device102).

A microwave sensor can employ microwaves to facilitate detectingobjects, including the movement of objects, in the environment inproximity to the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to themicrowave sensor of the enhanced light device 102). A smoke detector candetect smoke or other air impurities, or measure smoke or other airimpurities, in the environment or associated with (e.g., in or inproximity to) the device 114 in proximity to or otherwise associatedwith the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the smokedetector of the enhanced light device 102). A chemical sensor candetect, measure, and/or facilitate identifying chemical elements orinformation in the environment or associated with (e.g., in or inproximity to) the device 114 in proximity to or otherwise associatedwith the enhanced light device 102. A radiation sensor can detect,measure, and/or facilitate identifying radiation, including an amount ora type of radiation, in the environment or associated with (e.g., in orin proximity to) the device in proximity to or otherwise associated withthe enhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the radiationsensor of the enhanced light device 102). An electromagnetic fieldsensor can sense or measure electromagnetic fields in the environment orassociated with (e.g., in or in proximity to) the device 114 inproximity to or otherwise associated with the enhanced light device 102(e.g., in proximity to the electromagnetic field sensor of the enhancedlight device 102).

A pressure sensor can detect or measure pressure (e.g., an amount ofpressure) in the environment or associated with (e.g., in or inproximity to) the device 114 in proximity to or otherwise associatedwith the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the pressuresensor of the enhanced light device 102). A spectrum analyzer can detectand measure the spectral composition of electrical signals, acousticpressure waves, optical light waves, or other signals that are in theenvironment or associated with (e.g., emanating from or impacting) thedevice 114 in proximity to or otherwise associated with the enhancedlight device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the spectrum analyzer of theenhanced light device 102).

A scent sensor can sense and/or facilitate identifying scents in theenvironment (e.g., in the air of the environment or emitted by anobject(s) in the environment) in proximity to the enhanced light device102 (e.g., in proximity to the scent sensor of the enhanced light device102). A moisture sensor can detect an amount of moisture in theenvironment (e.g., in the air of the environment or emitted by orassociated with an object(s) (e.g., device 114 or another object) in theenvironment) in proximity to the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., inproximity to the moisture sensor of the enhanced light device 102). Abiohazard sensor can detect, measure, and/or facilitate identifying abiohazardous condition in the environment (e.g., in the air of theenvironment or emitted by or associated with an object(s) (e.g., device114 or other object) in the environment) in proximity to the enhancedlight device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the biohazard sensor of theenhanced light device 102).

A touch sensor that can detect contact with the enhanced light device102 or a device or surface associated with the enhanced light device102, and/or can facilitate identifying a type of touch or contact (e.g.,a touch or contact by a finger or hand of a user, a touch or contact byor with an inanimate object) with the enhanced light device 102 or thedevice or surface associated with the enhanced light device 102. Agyroscope can sense, measure, determine, and/or facilitate determiningmotion, direction of motion, position, orientation, and/or rotation ofthe enhanced light device 102 or an object (e.g., device 114 or otherobject) in proximity to or associated with the enhanced light device102. An accelerometer can sense, measure, determine, and/or facilitatedetermining acceleration, velocity, motion, direction of motion,position, orientation, and/or rotation of the enhanced light device 102or an object (e.g., device 114 or other object) in proximity to orassociated with the enhanced light device 102. An altimeter can detect,measure, and/or identify an altitude of the enhanced light device 102 oran object (e.g., device 114 or other object) in proximity to theenhanced light device 102.

A microscope can be employed to detect or observe very small objectsand/or small details on objects in the environment in proximity to theenhanced light device 102 (e.g., in proximity to the microscope of theenhanced light device 102). A magnetometer can detect, measure,determine, and/or facilitate determining magnetism, direction of amagnetic field (e.g., magnetic or electromagnetic field), strength of amagnetic field, or relative change of a magnetic field in theenvironment or associated with the device 114 in proximity to orotherwise associated with the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., inproximity to the magnetometer of the enhanced light device 102).

With further regard to the one or more instruments of the instrumentcomponent 112, the display screen and/or the video projector can beemployed to facilitate displaying and/or projecting desired information(e.g., information relating to the device 114 and/or environment,location information, directions, emergency or hazard information,alerts or notifications, videos, . . . ) to a person (e.g., user)interacting with the device 114, in proximity to the device 114, and/orin the area where the enhanced light device 102 is located or installed.For instance, in response to an interaction of the user with the device114 (e.g., use or attempt to use a function of the device 114 by theuser) that is detected by one or more sensors (e.g., video camera, audiosensor) of the sensor component 110, the light management component 106and/or the information component 108 can determine a subset of desirableinformation (e.g., information that can instruct the user with regard tothe function of the device 114) that can be presented to the user tofacilitate enabling the user to desirably use or interact with thedevice 114. The light management component 106 can employ the displayscreen and/or the video projector to display or project the subset ofdesirable information to the user.

The audio speaker(s) can be employed to provide audio information (e.g.,information relating to the device 114 and/or environment, locationinformation, directions, emergency or hazard information, alerts ornotifications, music) to a person(s) located in the area in proximity tothe enhanced light device 102. For instance, in response to theinteraction of the user with the device 114 (e.g., use or attempt to usea function of the device 114 by the user) that is detected by one ormore sensors, the light management component 106 and/or the informationcomponent 108 can determine a subset of desirable information (e.g.,information that can instruct the user with regard to the function ofthe device 114) that can be presented to the user to facilitate enablingthe user to desirably use or interact with the device 114. The lightmanagement component 106 can employ the audio speaker(s) to present thesubset of desirable information to the user.

The projectile launcher can be employed to launch, emit, eject, orproject a projectile from the enhanced light device 102, for example, atan object or entity. The projectile can be, for example, a tag (e.g.,paint or chemical tag) that can permanently or semi-permanently mark theobject or entity (e.g., criminal) it hits to tag the object or entity tofacilitate identifying that the object or entity was present inproximity to the enhanced light device 102. The projectile also can be aweapon that can be employed to strike and disable an object or entity inproximity to the enhanced light device 102.

The liquid sprayer can spray or emit desired liquids, such as, forexample, water, fire retardant, horticulture-related liquids on or inthe direction of desired targets (e.g., object, entity, fire, plants orflowers, etc.) in proximity to the enhanced light device 102. Forexample, in response to a heat sensor and/or smoke detector sensing afire in proximity to the enhanced light device 102, the light managementcomponent 106 can determine that fire retardant is to be sprayed on thefire, and can instruct the liquid sprayer to spray fire retardant on thefire. In response to the instruction, the liquid sprayer can spray fireretardant on the fire.

The air blower can blow air or create an air flow in the area (e.g.,environment) in proximity to the enhanced light device 102. The airblower can be employed, for example, to try to blow smoke out of an areain proximity to the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., to another areaoutside of the building or to another desired area) or to create an airflow to blow or clear away a harmful chemical in the air in proximity tothe enhanced light device 102. For instance, in response to the smokedetector detecting smoke in proximity to the enhanced light device 102,the light management component 106 can determine that the air blower isto be turned on to blow the smoke out of the area in proximity to theenhanced light device 102, and can instruct the air blower to blow airin a certain direction. In response to the instruction, the air blowercan switch to an on state and blow air in the certain direction to blowthe smoke out of the area.

The flame thrower can be employed to emit flames in a controlled mannerand desired direction (e.g., at a desired target). The flame thrower canbe employed, for example, to emit flames in a controlled manner tocreate a controlled burn of agriculture or other materials. Forinstance, as part of land management, in response to a determination bythe light management component 106 of the enhanced light device 102(e.g., on a land vehicle, or on an air vehicle (e.g., helicopter, plane,drone)) that a certain area of land should be cleared to facilitatedesirable land management, in accordance with defined environmentcriteria, the light management component 106 can determine that theflame thrower is to be employed to clear that certain area of land, andcan instruct the flame thrower to emit flames in a controlled manner inthe direction of the certain area of land. In response to theinstruction, the flame thrower can emit flames in a controlled manner inthe direction of the certain area of land.

The heat projector can project, emit, or blow heat in a desireddirection, in a desired area, or on a desired object or entity. Forinstance, the temperature sensor can sense a temperature level in thearea of the enhanced light device 102. The light management component106 can determine that the temperature is too low, in accordance withdefined environment criteria. The light management component 106 caninstruct the heat projector to emit heat to increase the temperature inthe area in proximity to the enhanced light device 102 to a desiredtemperature, in accordance with the defined environment criteria.

The cold projector can project, emit, or blow colder air in a desireddirection, in a desired area, or on a desired object or entity. Forexample, the temperature sensor can sense a temperature level in thearea of the enhanced light device 102. The light management component106 can determine that the temperature is too high based at least inpart on the defined environment criteria. The light management component106 can instruct the cold projector to emit colder air to decrease thetemperature in the area in proximity to the enhanced light device 102 toa desired temperature, in accordance with the defined environmentcriteria.

The scent projector can emit, spray, or project one or more desiredscents (e.g., fragrances, chemicals) in the area in proximity to theenhanced light device 102. This can, for example, facilitate achieving adesired scent or smell in the area. For instance, in accordance with thedefined environment criteria relating to scent, the light managementcomponent 106 can determine that a particular scent is to be emitted ina particular amount in the area, or can determine that the amount of theparticular scent being emitted in the area should be adjusted (e.g.,increased, or decreased, in response to a detected change inenvironmental conditions in the area). The light management component106 can instruct the scent projector to emit the particular scent in aspecified amount to introduce a desired amount of the particular scentin the area in proximity to the enhanced light device 102, in accordancewith the defined environment criteria.

The chemical projector can emit, spray, or project one or more desiredchemicals in the area in proximity to the enhanced light device 102. Forexample, it can be desired to emit chemicals (e.g., pesticides) onagricultural land or plants, or in a room(s) of or an area around abuilding, to reduce or control insects, animals, weeds, fungus, and/orother undesired pests. For instance, in accordance with the definedenvironment criteria relating to chemicals, the light managementcomponent 106 can determine that a particular chemical is to be emittedin a particular amount in a particular area in which the enhanced lightdevice 102 is located or to which the enhanced light device 102 cantravel (e.g., via a vehicle associated with the enhanced light device102), or can determine that the amount of the particular chemical beingemitted in the particular area should be adjusted (e.g., increased, ordecreased, in response to a detected change in environmental conditionsin the area). The light management component 106 can instruct thechemical projector to emit the particular chemical in a specified amountto introduce a desired amount of the particular chemical in theparticular area in proximity to the enhanced light device 102, inaccordance with the defined environment criteria.

The electric discharge device that can be employed to dischargeelectricity or static in an area or of an object in proximity to theenhanced light device 102. For example, a sensor of the sensor component110 can detect that an object in proximity to the enhanced light device102 is electrically charged, wherein the light management component 106determine that such electrical charge of the object (e.g., the device114 or another object) is undesirable based at least in part on thedefined environment criteria. The light management component 106 caninstruct the electric discharge device to discharge the electricalcharge of the object. In response to the instruction, the electricdischarge device can operate to desirably discharge the electricalcharge of the object.

The fire extinguisher can be employed to emit or spray fire retardant oranother desired liquid and/or chemical to facilitate extinguishing afire in an area in proximity to the enhanced light device 102 orreachable by the enhanced light device 102 (e.g., via a vehicleassociated with the enhanced light device 102). For instance, inresponse to a heat sensor and/or smoke detector sensing a fire in thearea or with respect to the device 114, the light management component106 can determine that fire retardant is to be sprayed on the fire, andcan instruct the fire extinguisher to spray fire retardant on the fire.In response to the instruction, the fire extinguisher can spray fireretardant on the fire to facilitate extinguishing the fire.

The laser device can be utilized to emit a laser light to perform one ormore desired tasks. For example, in response a smoke detector detectingsmoke in an area in proximity to the enhanced light device 102, whereinthe smoke can make it difficult for a person to see a safe path throughthe area, the light management component 106 can determine that thelaser device should be engaged to emit a laser light that can illuminatethe area and/or facilitate illuminating a safe path through the area toenable the person to be able to better see the area and safely proceedthrough the area. In response to, and in accordance with, an instructionfrom the light management component 106, the laser device can emit laserlight to the area or a desired portion (e.g., safe path) of the area inproximity to the enhanced light device 102.

The enhanced light device 102 also can employ one or more indicators,which can comprise visual indicators (e.g., LEDs) or audio indicators.For example, in addition to or as an alternative to other visualinformation or audio information that can be presented by the enhancedlight device 102, the light management component 106 can facilitate thegeneration and presentation of one or more visual indicators (e.g., viaone or more LED indicators) and/or audio indicators (e.g., via one ormore audio speakers) to facilitate providing information to a person(s)in proximity to the enhanced light device 102, and/or notifying oralerting the person(s) to a condition (e.g., environmental, emergency,and/or hazardous condition) in or near the area in proximity to theenhanced light device 102. For instance, a visual indicator can be agreen-colored light (e.g., green-colored LED) and/or arrow-shapedindicator light to indicate a person is on a desired (e.g., correct,appropriate, and/or safe) travel path by traveling in the area of theenhanced light device 102, whereas visual indicator can be a red-coloredlight (e.g., red-colored LED) and/or X-shaped indicator light toindicate a person is not on the desired (e.g., correct, appropriate, orsafe) travel path by traveling in the area of the enhanced light device102 and/or there may be a hazard in that area.

In some embodiments, the light component 104, the light managementcomponent 106, the information component 108, the sensor component 110,and the instrument component 112 can be integrated together to form anenhanced light device 102, as more fully described herein. In otherembodiments, as more fully disclosed herein, all or a portion of thelight management component 106 can be implemented in a device that canbe distinct from, but associated with (e.g., connected to), the lightcomponent 104, the information component 108, the sensor component 110,and/or the instrument component 112; all or a portion of the informationcomponent 108 can be implemented in a device that can be distinct from,but associated with (e.g., connected to), the light component 104, thelight management component 106, the sensor component 110, and/or theinstrument component 112; all or a portion of the sensor component 110(e.g., all or a portion of the sensors of the sensor component 110) canbe implemented in a device that can be distinct from, but associatedwith, the light component 104, the light management component 106, theinformation component 108, and/or the instrument component 112; and/orall or a portion of the instrument component 112 (e.g., all or a portionof the instruments, tools, etc., of the instrument component 112) can beimplemented in a device that can be distinct from, but associated with,the light component 104, the light management component 106, theinformation component 108, and/or the sensor component 110.

It is to be appreciated and understood that, in some embodiments, anenhanced light device 102 can be or can comprise a retrofit light bulbwith components (e.g., light management component, light component,information component, sensor component, instrument component)integrated therein. In certain embodiments, an enhanced light device 102can have all or a portion of the sensors of the sensor component 110,instruments of the instrument component 112, or other componentsintegrated into a light fixture (e.g., socket, holder, ballast)associated with the enhanced light device 102.

Referring briefly to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 depicts a block diagram of anexample, non-limiting enhanced light device 200, in accordance with oneor more aspects and embodiments described herein. The enhanced lightdevice 200 can comprise a light component 202 (e.g., a light bulb),which can be associated with (e.g., integrated with, connected to, partof) a housing component 204 that can provide a structure or casing thatcan house or contain one or more components of the enhanced light device200, wherein the structure or casing of the housing component 204 can beformed from one or more desired materials (e.g., metal, polymermaterial, glass, ceramic, fiberglass, etc.).

The enhanced light device 200 also can comprise a base component 206that can be installed (e.g., as a retrofit) into a socket component 208of a light fixture component 210 (e.g., holder or ballast) of orassociated with the enhanced light device 200. The base component 206 atleast partially can be formed of a conductive material (e.g., metal) tofacilitate forming an electrical connection between the base component206 and the socket component 208, when the base component 206 isinserted (e.g., screwed into or connected to) the socket component 208,to facilitate powering the enhanced light device 200. The enhanced lightdevice 200 further can include a lens component 212 that can beassociated with the light component 202 and housing component 204,wherein the lens component 212 can provide a desired lens, medium, orconduit through which light can be emitted from the light component 202of the enhanced light device 200.

The light component 202 can comprise one or more light elements (e.g.,light emitting elements or devices), such as, for example, lightelements 214 a, 214 b, 214 c, 214 d, and/or 214 e (e.g., LED, organicLED (OLED), filament, quantum dot, incandescent, high-intensitydischarge (HID), neon, fluorescent, compact fluorescent (CFL),electroluminescent (EL), laser, or any other suitable light emittingelement). The respective light elements (e.g., 214 a, 214 b, 214 c, 214d, and/or 214 e) can emit respective light beams of respective lightintensities (e.g., respective illumination levels) and/or respectivecolors, in accordance with the defined light management criteria.

The enhanced light device 200 also can include an information component216, an instrument component 218, a sensor component 220, and a lightmanagement component (LMC) 222. The information component 108 candetermine, generate, store, obtain (e.g., retrieve from a data store ofthe enhanced light device 200 and/or from an extrinsic (e.g., external)data source(s)), and/or provide desirable (e.g., relevant or useful, orat least potentially relevant or useful) information based at least inpart on (e.g., in response to) interaction of the user with, orproximity of the user to, the environment or the device, and/orcharacteristics, conditions, or context of the environment, the device,or the user, in accordance with the defined light management criteria,as more fully described herein.

The instrument component 218 can comprise one or more instruments,tools, or devices (e.g., a projectile launcher, a liquid sprayer, an airblower, . . . ) that can perform respective functions or tasks, as morefully disclosed herein. The sensor component 220 can comprise or employone or more sensors (e.g., RFID reader, navigation device, video camera,GPS device, motion sensor, . . . ) that can sense respective conditionsassociated with the environment(s) (e.g., physical environment, logicalenvironment, communication network environment) in which the enhancedlight device 200 is situated or with which the enhanced light device 200is associated, as more fully described herein.

The light management component 222 can be associated with (e.g.,connected to) the light component 202, information component 216,instrument component 218, sensor component 220, and other components ofthe enhanced light device 200 to facilitate controlling operation of theenhanced light device 200, including controlling operation of the lightcomponent 202, information component 216, instrument component 218,sensor component 220, and other components of the enhanced light device200, and/or other enhanced light devices associated with the enhancedlight device 200, in accordance with the light profile, environmentprofile, device profile (e.g., of a device associated with the enhancedlight device 200), and/or user profile associated with the enhancedlight device 200 and generated or maintained by the light managementcomponent 222, as more fully disclosed herein. The light managementcomponent 222 can receive environment-related information from one ormore sensors of the sensor component 220 and/or from another source(s)(e.g., another enhanced light device) of environment-related informationand/or device-related information, wherein the environment-relatedinformation can relate to an environment in an area in which theenhanced light device 200 is installed or is located and thedevice-related information can relate to a device associated with (e.g.attached or in proximity to) the enhanced light device 200. The lightmanagement component 222 can analyze the environment-related informationand/or device-related information to generate analysis results. Thelight management component 222 can determine and generate an environmentprofile that can describe characteristics of the environment and/or adevice profile that can describe the characteristics of the device,based at least in part on the analysis results, in accordance with thedefined light management criteria, which can comprise environmentcriteria and/or device criteria.

The light management component 222 also can determine and generate alight profile for the enhanced light device 200, based at least in parton the results of the analysis of the environment profile and/or deviceprofile, light-related information associated with the enhanced lightdevice 200, and/or a user profile associated with a user of the enhancedlight device 200, in accordance with defined light management criteria.The light-related information can comprise information regarding thecapabilities, specifications, features, characteristics, status, etc.,of the enhanced light device 200 and components (e.g., light component202, information component 216, instrument component 218, sensorcomponent 220, . . . ) thereof. The light management component 222 canemploy the light profile to configure (e.g., automatically, dynamically,or self configure) one or more parameters (e.g., by setting or modifyinga parameter(s)) of the enhanced light device 200, wherein suchconfiguration of the enhanced light device 200 can be based at least inpart on conditions (e.g., current conditions, predicted futureconditions) of the environment in the area in which the enhanced lightdevice 200 is installed or is located, as determined, for example, bythe light management component 222 from the environment profile, deviceprofile, and/or the user profile. The configuration of the enhancedlight device 200 and the operation of the enhanced light device 200, ascontrolled by the light management component 222, can enable theenhanced light device 200 to take action (e.g., perform a responsiveaction) in response to the characteristics or conditions of theenvironment in the area in which the enhanced light device 200 isinstalled or is located and/or the characteristics or conditions of thedevice associated with the enhanced light device 200. When the lightmanagement component 222 determines a particular action(s) isappropriate (e.g., in accordance with the defined light managementcriteria), the particular action(s) can comprise, for example,determining desirable (e.g., relevant or useful, or at least potentiallyrelevant or useful) information and presenting such desirableinformation to the user, controlling (e.g., adjusting) one or moreparameters of the light elements (e.g., 214 a, 214 b, 214 c, 214 d,and/or 214 e) of the light component 202 to control one or morerespective characteristics or properties of the respective lightelements, and/or executing one or more tools (e.g., projectile launcher,liquid sprayer, and/or air blower, . . . ) of the instrument component218.

It is to be appreciated and understood that, while five light elements214 a, 214 b, 214 c, 214 d, and 214 e are depicted in FIG. 2 forillustrative purposes only, the enhanced light device 200 can includeany desired (e.g., suitable) number of light elements. It is also to beappreciated and understood that the enhanced light device 200 cancomprise other components (not shown) or exclude one or more components.For example, the enhanced light device 200 can exclude the lenscomponent 212 and/or the light fixture component 210. In anotherexample, the enhanced light device 200 can comprise one or morereflectors, one or more shades, one or more positioning motors, and/orany other components desired (e.g., that are suitable), in accordancewith functionality described herein.

FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting enhancedlight device 300, in accordance with one or more aspects and embodimentsof the disclosed subject matter. The enhanced light device 300 cancomprise a light component 302. The enhanced light device 300 cancomprise a socket component 304 and a light fixture component 306 (e.g.,self-aware light fixture component). The light component 302 cancomprise one or more light emitting elements, such as, for example,light emitting elements 308 a, 308 b, 308 c, 308 d, and/or 308 e. Theenhanced light device 300 also can include a housing component 310, abase component 312, a lens component 314, an information component 316,an instrument component 318, a sensor component 320, and a lightmanagement component (LMC) 322. The base component 312 of the lightcomponent 302 can be installed into the socket component 304 of thelight fixture component 306.

The enhanced light device 300 can comprise the same or similarfunctionality as the enhanced light device 200 of FIG. 2 (and enhancedlight devices disclosed herein). The difference between the enhancedlight device 300 and the enhanced light device 200 can be that a portionof the information component 316, all or a portion of instrumentcomponent 318, all or a portion of the sensor component 320, and/or allor a portion of the light management component 322 can be situated in orassociated with the light fixture component 306, and/or none or aportion of the information component 316, none or a portion of theinstrument component 318, none or a portion of the sensor component 320,and/or none or a portion of the light management component 322 can besituated in the housing component 310 of the enhanced light device 300.

It is to be appreciated and understood that the light fixture component306 (e.g., self-aware light fixture component) can include othercomponents (not shown) or exclude one or more components. For example,the light fixture component 306 can include one or more light elements(e.g., light emitting devices or indicators), one or more reflectors,one or more shades, one or more positioning motors, or any othersuitable components needed according to functionality described herein.It is to be appreciated that the light component 302 can communicatewith the light fixture component 306 via a wired or wirelesscommunication connection. For example, the base component 312 can beconnected to the socket component 304, which can form a wiredcommunication connection.

While FIGS. 2 and 3 depict an enhanced light device (e.g., 200, 300)that can be fit or inserted into a light fixture component (e.g., 210,306), it is to be appreciated and understood that a single light fixturecomponent can comprise a plurality of socket components (e.g., 208, 304)for installation of a plurality of lights (e.g., light components orbulbs).

Referring briefly to FIG. 4 (along with FIGS. 1, 2, and 3), FIG. 4presents an example, non-limiting light bulb diagram 400 of standardshapes and sizes of light bulbs that can be employed for one or morelight elements of a light component (e.g., 102, 202, 302) for anenhanced light device, in accordance with various aspects andembodiments of the disclosed subject matter. It is to be appreciated andunderstood that the enhanced light device can be customized to be in anysuitable shape and any suitable size, employing one or more lightelements or bulbs having desired shapes and sizes, for an application inwhich an enhanced light device is to be installed, in accordance withvarious aspects and embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.

Referring briefly to FIG. 5 (along with FIGS. 1, 2, and 3), FIG. 5illustrates an example, non-limiting diagram 500 of standard types ofbase components (e.g., that can be employed for base component 206 or312), in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter. It is to be appreciated and understood that abase component (e.g., 206, 312) can be customized to be in any desired(e.g., suitable) form for an application in which a light element(s) orbulb(s) of the enhanced light device is to be installed. Likewise, thesocket component (e.g., 208, 304) can be customized to be compatiblewith the base component (e.g., 206, 312). Additionally, the lightfixture component (e.g., 210, 306) can be customized to be in anydesirable (e.g., suitable) form for an application in which a lightelement(s) or bulb(s) of the enhanced light device is to be installed.

With further regard to FIG. 1 (along with FIGS. 2 and 3), the system 100(e.g., the enhanced light device 102 of the system 100) can comprise oneor more power sources (not shown). Non-limiting examples the one or morepower sources can include electrical grid power, a battery, anelectrochemical cell, a fuel cell, natural gas generated electric power,compressed air generated electric power, diesel fuel generated electricpower, gasoline generated electric power, oil generated electric power,propane generated electric power, a nuclear power system, a solar powersystem, a wind power system, a piezoelectric power system,micro-electrical mechanical systems (MEMS)-generated electric power, aninductive power system, a radio-frequency power system, a wireless powertransfer mechanism, and/or any other suitable power source. In anexample, the enhanced light device 102 of the system 100 can have aconstantly, or substantially constantly, available power source, such asthat provided by an electrical power grid. In another example, theenhanced light device 102 can comprise a temporary power source, such asa battery (e.g. disposable battery or rechargeable battery). In afurther example, the enhanced light device 102 can generate and storeits own power, such as by solar via a solar cell, fuel cell,radio-frequency harvesting, induction, piezoelectric,electro-mechanical, chemical, nuclear, carbon based-fuel, and/or anyother suitable self-generating power source. This can be advantageousfor long-term installations (e.g. where frequent battery changes wouldbe required) that do not have a constantly available power source, suchas an outdoor environment where a power outlet may not readily beavailable (e.g. a porch, a yard, a camping site, a farm field, a park, asports field, etc.), or an indoor location where a power outlet may notreadily be available (e.g. a closet, a sunroom, a cabinet, a drawer, agarage, a barn, a shed, an indoor location where an extension cord isnot desired, etc.). It is to be appreciated and understood that theenhanced light device 102 can comprise a plurality of different powersources, with one or more power sources acting as a backup for anotherpower source. It is to be appreciated and understood that the enhancedlight device 102 also can include configurable power sources. Forexample, the enhanced light device 102 can include a modularconfiguration that can allow for one or more power sources to be addedor removed by a manufacturer or user.

An enhanced light device (e.g., the enhanced light device 102 of thesystem 100, enhanced light device 200, enhanced light device 300) cancomprise one or more computers, one or more processors, one or morememories, and/or one or more programs. An enhanced light device (e.g.,102, 200, 300) can communicate via any suitable form of wireless orwired communication using a communication component or device of orassociated with the enhanced light device. Non-limiting examples ofwireless communication can include, for example, radio communication,optical communication, sonic communication, electromagnetic inductioncommunication, or any other suitable wireless communication.

An enhanced light device (e.g., 102, 200, 300) can be constructed of anydesired (e.g., suitable) material(s) appropriate for environments inwhich the enhanced light device will operate. An enhanced light devicecan have suitable protection against an environment in which theenhanced light device will operate, wherein non-limiting examples of thematerials that can be used to construct the enhanced light device cancomprise materials that can be weather resistant, crush resistant, fireresistant, heat resistant, cold resistant, pressure resistant, impactresistant, liquid and/or solid material ingress protected or resistant,chemical resistant, corrosion resistant, shatter resistant, scratchresistant, bio-contamination resistant, electromagnetic pulse resistant,electrical shock resistant, projectile resistant, explosion resistant,or any other suitable resistance for an environment in which theenhanced light device can operate.

The computer processing systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatusand/or computer program products of an enhanced light device (e.g., 102,200, 300) can employ hardware and/or software that can solve problemsthat can be highly technical in nature (e.g., related to complexcoordination between respective enhanced light devices, complexcoordination between one or more enhanced light devices and anotherdevice, performance of self-configuration of an enhanced lightdevice(s)) that are not abstract and that cannot be performed as a setof mental acts by a human. One or more embodiments of the subjectcomputer processing systems, methods, apparatuses and/or computerprogram products can enable one or more enhanced light devices (e.g.,102, 200, 300) to coordinate amongst themselves, and optionally withother devices (e.g., communication devices), to perform actions tounderstand the environment in which the one or more enhanced lightdevices are installed, determine an objective (e.g. goal, intention,purpose, action, operation, configuration, etc.) of such installation,perform a self-configuration of the enhanced light device(s) accordingto such determined objective, and operate to achieve such determinedobjective. For example, the enhanced light devices can employ artificialintelligence to learn their environment and/or association with adevice, and learn actions to facilitate performing self-configuration ofthe enhanced light devices and to operate for a determined objective ofthe installation in the environment and/or the association with thedevice.

FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting system600 that can employ a set of enhanced light devices that can coordinatewith each other and/or another device(s), in accordance with variousaspects and embodiments of the disclosed subject matter. The set ofenhanced light devices can comprise a plurality of enhanced lightdevices, including an enhanced light device 602 and one or more otherenhanced light devices, such as enhanced light device(s) 604. Theenhanced light devices 602 and 604 can comprise the same or similarcomponents and functionality as the enhanced light devices (e.g.,enhanced light device 102 of system 100, enhanced light device 200,enhanced light device 300) disclosed herein.

In accordance with various embodiments, the enhanced light devices 602and 604 can be or include the structure and/or functionality of one ormore of enhanced light devices 102, 200, or 300, and/or any otherstructure and/or functionality described herein for enhanced lightdevices. In one example, the enhanced light device 602 can be adifferent type of diffusion light device than the enhanced light device604. In another example, the enhanced light device 604 can be the sametype of enhanced light device as the enhanced light device 602 and/orcan include one or more components (e.g., light component, informationcomponent, light management component, instrument component, and/orsensor component, . . . ) that can be found in the enhanced light device602. It is to be appreciated and understood that, in the disclosureherein in which more than one enhanced light device is employed, theenhanced light devices can comprise one or more enhanced light devices602 and/or one or more enhanced light devices 604.

The respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 602, 604) of the set ofenhanced light devices can learn, understand, and react (e.g., respond)to the respective environments in which the respective enhanced lightdevices are installed or located and/or the respective devices withwhich the respective enhanced light devices are associated (e.g.,attached or in proximity), determine respective objectives of suchinstallation, location, or association, perform respectiveself-configuration of the respective enhanced light devices according tothe respective determined objectives and the defined light managementcriteria, and respectively operate to achieve the respective determinedobjectives, in accordance with one or more aspects and embodimentsdescribed herein.

The enhanced light device 602 can include a light component 606comprising one or more light elements, an information component 608, alight management component 610, a sensor component 612 comprising one ormore sensors, and an instrument component 614 comprising one or moreinstruments. The light component 606, information component 608, lightmanagement component 610, sensor component 612, and instrument component614 can respectively be the same as or similar to, and/or can comprisethe same or similar functionality as, respective components (e.g.,respectively named components), as more fully described herein.

The enhanced light device 602 also can include or otherwise beassociated with one or more data stores (e.g., one or more memories),such as data store 616, that can store machine (e.g., computer)executable components (e.g., machine executable components can include,but are not limited to, a portion of the light component 606, all or aportion of the information component 608, all or a portion of the lightmanagement component 610, a portion of the sensor component 612, aportion of the instrument component 614, and/or all or a portion ofother associated components). The data store 616 can store anenvironment profile 618 that can comprise data (e.g., environment data)that can relate to and/or describe characteristics (e.g., attributes),conditions, etc., of an environment in which the enhanced light device602 is installed or located.

The data store also can store a user profile(s) 620 of a user(s) thatcan comprise user preferences and/or other information associated withthe user. The user preferences and/or other information can includedesired parameter settings, features settings, and/or function settings,etc., of the enhanced light device 602. The user can select suchsettings via a user interface (e.g., keyboard or keypad, voiceinterface, or touch display screen) of the enhanced light device 602and/or via a user interface and/or an application 630 of another device632 (e.g., communication device) that can communicate with the enhancedlight device 602. There can be separate user profiles for differentusers of the enhanced light device 602. The device 632 can be, forexample, a mobile phone, a computer, an electronic tablet or pad, anelectronic gaming device, a television (e.g., smart television, Internetprotocol television (IPTV)), electronic eyewear or bodywear, or othertype of device.

The data store 616 further can store a device profile 622 that cancomprise data (e.g., device-related data) that can relate to and/ordescribe characteristics (e.g., attributes), conditions, functions,etc., of a device with which the enhanced light device 602 is associated(e.g., a device in or on which the enhanced light device 602 isinstalled or attached, or a device in proximity to the enhanced lightdevice 602).

The data store 616 also can store a light profile 624 that can comprisedata that can relate to and/or describe the environment profile 618, theuser profile 620, and/or the device profile 622, capabilities of theenhanced light device 602 and configuration of the enhanced light device602. For example, the data in the light profile 624 can comprisespecifications of the enhanced light device 602, parameters of theenhanced light device 602, environmental data of the environment profile618, user data or preferences of the user profile 620, device-relateddata of the device profile 622, mapping information that can map thecharacteristics, conditions, functions, etc., of or related to theenvironment, device, and/or user preferences or user input information(e.g., information regarding parameter or function settings as selectedby the user and/or obtained from a user profile 620) associated with auser to characteristics of the enhanced light device 602, to respectivefunctions of the enhanced light device 602, to respective parameters ofrespective components of the enhanced light device 602, and/or toresponsive actions that can be performed by the enhanced light device602 (e.g., by the light component 606, information component 608, lightmanagement component 610, sensor component 612, instrument component614, and/or the processor component 626, . . . ) to respond to aninteraction of the user with, or a condition(s) (e.g., environmentalcondition(s), device-related condition(s)) of or associated with, theenvironment or device.

The data store 616 can store data structures (e.g., user data,metadata), code structure(s) (e.g., modules, objects, hashes, classes,procedures) or instructions, information relating to operation of theenhanced light device 602 or associated enhanced light devices (e.g.,604), parameters, responsive actions (e.g., responsive to device-relatedconditions of a device or environmental conditions of the environment),policies, defined light management criteria, defined environmentcriteria, defined device criteria, algorithms (e.g., defined lightmanagement algorithm(s)), protocols, interfaces, tools, and/or otherinformation, to facilitate controlling operations associated with theenhanced light device 602. In an aspect, the processor component 626 canbe functionally coupled (e.g., through a system bus 628 and/or a memorybus (not shown in FIG. 6)) to the data store 616 in order to store andretrieve information desired to operate and/or confer functionality, atleast in part, to the light component 606, information component 608,light management component 610, sensor component 612, instrumentcomponent 614, the processor component 626, and data store 616, etc.,and/or substantially any other operational aspects of the enhanced lightdevice 602.

The enhanced light device 602 also can include or otherwise beassociated with at least one processor component, including theprocessor component 626, that can execute the machine executablecomponents and/or machine executable instructions stored in the datastore 616. The processor component 626 can work in conjunction with theother components (e.g., the light component 606, information component608, the light management component 610, sensor component 612,instrument component 614, data store 616, . . . ) to facilitateperforming the various functions of the enhanced light device 602. Theprocessor component 626 can employ one or more processors,microprocessors, or controllers that can process data, such asinformation relating to operation of the enhanced light device 602 orassociated enhanced light devices (e.g., 604), parameters, responsiveactions (e.g., responsive to device-related conditions of a device orenvironmental conditions of the environment), policies, defined lightmanagement criteria, defined environment criteria, defined devicecriteria, algorithms (e.g., defined light management algorithm(s)),protocols, interfaces, tools, and/or other information, to facilitateoperation of the enhanced light device 602, as more fully disclosedherein, and control data flow between the enhanced light device 602 andother components or devices (e.g., one or more other enhanced lightdevice (e.g., 604) associated with the communication network 634, one ormore devices, such as device(s) 632, associated with the communicationnetwork 634, network devices of the communication network 634, datasources, applications, . . . ) associated with the enhanced light device602.

The system bus 628 of the enhanced light device 602 can couple thevarious components including, but not limited to, the light component606, information component 608, light management component 610, thesensor component 612, the instrument component 614, the data store 616,the processor component 626, and/or other components of the enhancedlight device 602 to each other. The one or more other enhanced lightdevices (e.g., 604) can comprise the same or similar components and/orfunctionality as the enhanced light device 602. For reasons of brevity,the components (e.g., light component, information component, lightmanagement component, sensor component, instrument component, datastore, processor component, . . . ) of the one or more other enhancedlight devices (e.g., 604) are not shown in FIG. 6.

The communication network 634 can comprise a macro communication networkand/or a micro communication network. The macro communication networkcan be, can comprise, or can be associated with a core network, acellular network, an IP-based network, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi),Wi-Max, gigabit wireless (Gi-Fi) network, Hi-Fi network (e.g., providinghigher gigabit data communication than Gi-Fi or Wi-Fi), Bluetooth,ZigBee, etc. The micro communication network can be associated with themacro communication network, wherein the micro communication networktypically can operate in a defined local area (e.g., in or in proximityto a home, building, or other defined area). The micro communicationnetwork can be, can comprise, or can be associated with Wi-Fi, Wi-Max,Gi-Fi, Hi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc., and/or can be associated with(e.g., connected to) the macro communication network. The microcommunication network can be or can comprise, for example a local areanetwork (LAN) or wireless LAN (WLAN), that can facilitate connectingcertain devices (e.g., enhanced light devices (e.g., 602, 604) and/orother devices (e.g., 632)) associated with the micro communicationnetwork to each other and/or to the macro communication network. Themacro communication network and/or a micro communication network canemploy radio communication, microwave communication, satellitecommunication, optical communication, sonic communication,electromagnetic induction communication, or any other desired (e.g.,suitable) communication technology.

Respective communication devices (e.g., enhanced light device 602,enhanced light device(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, . . . ) can beassociated with (e.g., communicatively connected to) the communicationnetwork 634 via a wireless communication connection or a wireline (e.g.,wired) communication connection (e.g., via a cell and associated basestation). The respective communication devices (e.g., enhanced lightdevice 602, enhanced light device(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, . . . )can operate and communicate in the communication network environment. Atvarious times, a communication device (e.g., enhanced light device 602,enhanced light device(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, . . . ) can becommunicatively connected via a wireless communication connection(s) toone or more radio access networks (RANs) (not shown), which can compriseone or more base stations (not shown) to communicatively connect thecommunication device to the communication network 634 to enable thecommunication device to communicate with other communication devicesassociated with (e.g., communicatively connected to) the communicationnetwork 634 in the communication network environment. The RANs cancomprise, for example, a 3GPP universal mobile telecommunication system(UMTS) terrestrial RAN (UTRAN), an E-UTRAN (e.g., Long Term Evolution(LTE) RAN), a GSM RAN (GRAN), and/or other type of RAN(s) employinganother type of communication technology.

The communication network 634 can comprise one or more wirelinecommunication networks and one or more wireless communication networks,wherein the one or more wireless communication networks can be based atleast in part on one or more various types of communication technologyor protocols, such as, for example, 3G, 4G, 5G, or x generation (xG)network, where x can be virtually any desired integer or real value;Wi-Fi; Gi-Fi; Hi-Fi; etc. The communication network 634 (e.g., macrocommunication network, micro communication network, core network,cellular network, or a network comprising a core network, a cellularnetwork, and/or an IP-based network) can facilitate routing voice anddata communications between a communication device(s) (e.g., enhancedlight device 602, enhanced light device(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, .. . ) and another communication device associated with the communicationnetwork 634 in the communication network environment. The communicationnetwork 634 also can allocate resources to the communication devices inthe communication network 634, convert or enforce protocols, establishand enforce quality of service (QOS) for the communication devices,provide applications or services in the communication network 634,translate signals, and/or perform other desired functions to facilitatesystem interoperability and communication in the communication network634 (e.g., wireless portion of the communication network 634 or wirelineportion of the communication network 634). The communication network 634further can comprise desired components, such as routers, nodes (e.g.,general packet radio service (GPRS) nodes, such as serving GPRS supportnode (SGSN), gateway GPRS support node (GGSN)), switches, interfaces,controllers, etc., that can facilitate communication of data betweencommunication devices in the communication network environment.

As a communication device(s) (e.g., enhanced light device 602, enhancedlight device(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, . . . ) is moved through awireless communication network environment, at various times, thecommunication device(s) can be connected (e.g., wirelessly connected) toone of a plurality of access points (APs) (e.g., macro or cellular AP,femto AP, pico AP, wi-fi AP, wi-max AP, hotspot (e.g., hotspot 1.x,hotspot 2.x, where x is an integer number; communication device (e.g.,communication device functioning as a mobile hotspot)) that can operatein the wireless communication network environment. An AP (e.g., a macrobase station or micro base station) can serve a specified coverage areato facilitate communication by the communication device(s) (e.g.,enhanced light device 602, enhanced light device(s) 604, and/ordevice(s) 632, . . . ) or other communication devices in the wirelesscommunication network environment. An AP can serve a respective coveragecell (e.g., macrocell, femtocell, picocell, . . . ) that can cover arespective specified area, and the AP can service mobile wirelessdevices, such as the communication device(s) (e.g., enhanced lightdevice 602, enhanced light device(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, . . . )located in the respective area covered by the respective cell, wheresuch coverage can be achieved via a wireless link (e.g., uplink (UL),downlink (DL)). When an attachment attempt is successful, thecommunication device(s) (e.g., enhanced light device 602, enhanced lightdevice(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, . . . ) can be served by the AP andincoming voice and data traffic can be paged and routed to thecommunication device(s) through the AP, and outgoing voice and datatraffic from the communication device(s) can be paged and routed throughthe AP to other communication devices in the communication networkenvironment. In an aspect, the communication device(s) (e.g., enhancedlight device 602, enhanced light device(s) 604, and/or device(s) 632, .. . ) can be connected and can communicate wirelessly using virtuallyany desired wireless technology, including, for example, cellular,Wi-Fi, Gi-Fi, Hi-Fi, Wi-Max, Bluetooth, wireless local area networks(WLAN), etc.

It is to be appreciated and understood that, in some embodiments, theenhanced light device 602 can establish a direct communicationconnection (e.g., a direct wireline or wireless communicationconnection) with the other enhanced light device(s) 604 and/or thedevice(s) 632, and can communicate with the other enhanced lightdevice(s) 604 and/or the device(s) 632 without using the communicationnetwork 634.

The device 632 can be any electronic device that can electronicallyinteract (e.g. unidirectional interaction or bidirectional interaction)with the enhanced light device 602 and/or enhanced light device(s) 604,wherein non-limiting examples of a device 632 can comprise a wearableelectronic device or a non-wearable electronic device. It is to beappreciated that interaction can include in a non-limiting example,communication, control, physical interaction, or any other suitableinteraction between devices (e.g., between the device 632 and theenhanced light device 602). A wearable device (e.g., a wearablecommunication device) can include, for example, heads-up displayglasses, a monocle, eyeglasses, contact lens, sunglasses, a headset, aneck band, a watch, a visor, a cap, a mask, a headband, clothing, or anyother suitable device that can be worn by a human or non-human user,wherein the wearable device comprises electronic and communicationcomponents. Non-wearable devices (e.g., a non-wearable communicationdevice) can comprise, for example, a mobile device, a mobile phone, acamera, a camcorder, a video camera, a laptop computer, a tablet device(e.g., an electronic tablet or electronic notebook), a desktop computer,a server system, a set top box (e.g., a cable set top box, a satelliteset top box), a cable modem, a television set, a monitor, a mediaextender device, a blu-ray device, a DVD (digital versatile disc ordigital video disc) device, a compact disc device, a video game system,a portable video game console, an audio/video receiver, a radio device,a portable music player, a navigation system (e.g., a GPS system), a carstereo, a mainframe computer, a robotic device, an artificialintelligence system, a home automation system, a security system, amessaging system, a presentation system, a sound system, a warningsystem, a fire suppression system, a lighting system, a network storagedevice, a web server device, a network switching device, a networkrouting device, a gateway device, a network hub device, a network bridgedevice, a control system, a washing machine, a dryer, a refrigerator, adishwashing machine, an oven, a stove, a microwave, a coffee maker, akitchen appliance, a toy, or any other suitable device. For instance, insome embodiments, the device 632 can be or comprise a communicationdevice that can enable the device 632 to communicate with the enhancedlight device 602 and/or the enhanced light device(s) 604 over thecommunication network 634 or via a direct communication connection(e.g., a direct wireline or wireless communication connection). It is tobe appreciated that the device 632 can be employed by a user to interactwith the enhanced light device 602 and/or the enhanced light device(s)604.

In some embodiments, two or more of the respective enhanced lightdevices (e.g., 602, 604) can coordinate with each other to understandthe respective environments (and associated devices (e.g., 632)) inwhich the respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 602, 604) areinstalled or located, determine respective objectives of the respectiveinstallations or locations, perform respective self-configurationsaccording to the respective objectives, and respectively operate toachieve the respective objectives.

For instance, the enhanced light device 602 can be associated with anarea and/or a device (e.g., device 632 located in the area), and anotherenhanced light device(s) 604 can be associated with another area(s)and/or another device(s) (e.g., another device 632 located in the otherarea(s)), which can be completely distinct from the area or canpartially cover (e.g., encompass) the area associated with the enhancedlight device 602. The light management component 610 (e.g., a networkcomponent of the light management component 610) of the enhanced lightdevice 602 can detect and contact the other enhanced light device(s) 604(e.g., a network component(s) of the other light management component(s)of the other enhanced light device(s) 604) via the communication network634 or a direct communication connection. The respective lightmanagement components of the respective enhanced light devices (e.g.,602, 604) can exchange network-related information and/or otherinformation to facilitate setting up a communication connection witheach other, and can establish the communication connection(s) betweenthe enhanced light device 602 and the other enhanced light device(s) 604based at least in part on the network-related information and/or otherinformation. The communication connection can be a wirelinecommunication connection and/or a wireless communication connection.

The enhanced light device 602 can communicate, via the communicationconnection and the communication network 634 (or direct communicationconnection), the environment profile 618, user profile 620, deviceprofile 622, and/or the light profile 624, associated with the enhancedlight device 602 to the at least one other enhanced light device 604,wherein the environment profile 618 can comprise environmental profileinformation regarding the environmental conditions associated with thearea associated with (e.g., in proximity to) the enhanced light device602, the user profile 620 can comprise information regarding userpreferences and/or other information associated with the user, thedevice profile 622 can include device profile information regarding thecharacteristics, conditions, functions, etc., associated with the device(e.g., device 632), and the light profile 624 can comprise light profileinformation regarding the features (e.g., characteristics, attributes,functions, . . . ) of the enhanced light device 602. The other enhancedlight device(s) 604 can communicate, via the communication connectionand the communication network 634 (or the direct communicationconnection), its environment profile(s), user profile(s), deviceprofile(s), and/or light profile(s), associated with the other enhancedlight device(s) 604 to the enhanced light device 602, wherein theenvironment profile(s) associated with the other enhanced lightdevice(s) 604 can comprise environmental profile information regardingthe environmental conditions associated with the other area(s)associated with (e.g., in proximity to) the other enhanced lightdevice(s) 604, the user profile(s) associated with the other enhancedlight device(s) 604 can comprise information regarding user preferencesand/or other information associated with the other user(s), the deviceprofile(s) associated with the other enhanced light device(s) 604 caninclude device profile information regarding the characteristics,conditions, functions, etc., associated with the other device(s) (e.g.,other device(s) 632), and the light profile(s) associated with the otherenhanced light device (s) 604 can comprise light profile informationregarding the features (e.g., characteristics, attributes, functions, .. . ) of the other enhanced light device(s) 604.

The respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 602, 604) can determine andcoordinate respective actions, which can be responsive to the respectiveenvironmental conditions associated with the respective enhanced lightdevices (e.g., 602, 604), respective interactions of users withrespective devices, respective conditions associated with the respectivedevices (e.g., 632), respective contexts of the environments, users,devices, enhanced light devices, etc., between the enhanced light device602 and the other enhanced light device(s) 604, based at least in parton the results of analyzing the respective environmental profileinformation, the respective user profile information, the respectivedevice profile information, and/or the respective light profileinformation, associated with the respective enhanced light devices(e.g., 602, 604). For instance, the light management component 610 ofthe enhanced light device 602, and/or another light managementcomponent(s) of the other enhanced light device(s) 604, can analyze(e.g., respectively analyze) the respective environmental profileinformation, the respective user profile information, the respectivedevice profile information, and/or the respective light profileinformation, and/or associated with the respective enhanced lightdevices (e.g., 602, 604). Based at least in part on the results (e.g.,the respective results) of the analysis (e.g., the respective analysis),the light management component 610 of the enhanced light device 602,and/or the other light management component(s) of the other enhancedlight device(s) 604, can determine the respective actions that are to beperformed by the respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 602, 604), inaccordance with the defined light management criteria. The enhancedlight device 602 (e.g., light management component 610) and the otherenhanced light device(s) 604 (e.g., other light management component(s))can negotiate and coordinate with each other to facilitate determiningthe respective actions that the respective enhanced light devices (e.g.,602, 604) are to perform to be responsive to the respectiveenvironmental conditions, the respective interactions of users with therespective devices, the respective device conditions, and/or therespective contexts, etc., associated with the respective enhanced lightdevices (e.g., 602, 604).

In response to determining the respective actions and coordinating therespective actions between the respective enhanced light devices (e.g.,602, 604), the respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 602, 604) canperform the respective actions. For instance, the enhanced light device602 and the other diffusion light device (s) 604 can perform theirrespective actions in a coordinated manner to be responsive to therespective environmental conditions, the respective interactions ofusers with the respective devices, the respective device conditions,and/or the respective contexts, etc., associated with the respectiveenhanced light devices (e.g., 602, 604). For example, the lightcomponent 606, information component 608, light management component610, instrument component 614, and/or the processor component 626 of theenhanced light device 602 can respectively perform operations tofacilitate performing the action(s) (e.g., responsive action(s))determined for the enhanced light device 602. Similarly, the other lightcomponent(s), other information component(s), other light managementcomponent(s), other instrument component(s), and/or other processorcomponent(s) of the other enhanced light device(s) 604 can respectivelyperform operations to facilitate performing the action(s) determined forthe other enhanced light device(s) 604.

It is to be appreciated and understood that the various aspects ofsystems (e.g., the system 600 or other system(s) disclosed herein),apparatuses or processes described or explained in this disclosure canconstitute machine-executable component(s) embodied within machine(s)(e.g., computer(s)), e.g., embodied in one or more machine-readablemediums (or media) associated with one or more machines. Suchcomponent(s), when executed by the one or more machines, e.g., one ormore computers, one or more computing devices, one or more virtualmachines, etc., can cause the one or more machines to perform theoperations described herein.

It also is to be appreciated and understood that, in someimplementations, a user (e.g., an operator) can employ a user interface(not shown) of an application 630 on a device (e.g., 632) to enterinformation that can override data in the environment profile 618, theuser profile 620, the device profile 622, the light profile 624, and/oractions determined by the enhanced light device 602. The application 630can generate and present, via a display screen and/or audio sensor(s)(e.g., microphone(s)) of the device 632, one or more user interfaceswith which the user can interact to input information, such as userpreferences, selections, commands, and/or other information, that can beused to facilitate selecting or setting parameters, features, functions,etc., of the enhanced light device 602 (e.g., to the extent permitted inaccordance with the defined light management criteria. In certainimplementations, as an alternative to using the application 630, theuser can utilize a web browser presented on the device 632 to interactwith the enhanced light device 602 to input (e.g., enter or communicate)the information (e.g., the user preferences, selections, commands,and/or other information).

In some implementations, the enhanced light device 602 can enhance (e.g.upgrade, augment, improve, increase, etc.) operation of a legacy (e.g.,older) device. There are many legacy devices that can operate reliablyfor a long period of time. However, given their lengthy operationallifecycles, they may fall behind in operational capabilities as comparedto newer devices. Many of these legacy devices can have lights installedin them. The enhanced light device 602 can be installed in a legacydevice as a retrofit to enhance the capability of the legacy device. Alegacy device can include any device that can have a light which can bereplaced with the enhanced light device 602. Furthermore, a legacydevice can include any device that does not have a light, but on whichthe enhanced light device 602 can be fitted. Non-limiting examples oflegacy devices can include a refrigerator, a freezer, a dryer, a washingmachine, a vehicle, a machine, a flashlight, a range hood, an oven, amicrowave, or any other suitable legacy device.

In certain implementations, the enhanced light device 602 can employ ahigh-speed data transfer mechanism (e.g. Li-Fi) to transfer content toanother enhanced light device(s) 604 and/or a device(s) 632. Forexample, the enhanced light device 602 can transfer a movie file of amovie to a television, laptop, electronic tablet, or cell phone usingLi-Fi for playback on such device.

In some embodiments, one or more enhanced light devices (e.g., 602) canemploy their processing capabilities to offload or enhance processingoperations of another device(s) 632 communicating with the one or moreenhanced light devices (e.g., 602).

In certain implementations, a set of enhanced light devices (e.g., 602,604, . . . ) in a building can employ their processing, memory, and/orcommunication capabilities to act as a cloud platform for the building.

In some implementations, the enhanced light device 602 can take ananalog input, convert the analog input to digital output, and/or employartificial intelligence with a library of functions/templates tofacilitate self-configuration and/or self-operation of the enhancedlight device 602.

It is to be appreciated and understood that any criteria or thresholdsdisclosed herein can be pre-defined, operator specified, and/ordynamically determined, for example, based at least in part on learningalgorithms.

Referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 7 presents a block diagram of another examplesystem 700 that can employ an enhanced light device associated with adevice, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter. The example system 700 can comprise theenhanced light device 102. The enhanced light device 102 can comprisethe light component 104, the light management component 106, theinformation component 108, the sensor component 110, and the instrumentcomponent 112.

The enhanced light device 102 can be associated with (e.g., attached to,installed in, placed on or in proximity to) a device 702. For example,as depicted in FIG. 7, the enhanced light device 102 can be locatedinside of the device 702. The device 702 can be or can comprise, forexample, an appliance (e.g., refrigerator, oven, microwave oven, . . .), vehicle (e.g., automobile, truck, train, bus, plane, motorcycle,bicycle, . . . ), machine, drone, automated system or a device of anautomated system, or other type of device, such as disclosed herein.

The enhanced light device 102 can learn about the device 702 and theassociated environment to facilitate determining desirable informationthat can be provided (e.g., presented or communicated) by the enhancedlight device 102 to a user 704 who can interact with the device 702. Insome implementations, one or more sensors (e.g., camera) of the sensorcomponent 110 can sense and/or capture device-related information 706that can be located in or on the device 702. For example, many devices(e.g., refrigerator) can have a label located inside a compartment(e.g., food storage area) of the device, wherein the label can includevarious items of information regarding the device (e.g., name ofmanufacturer of the device, model of the device, serial number of thedevice, website information associated with the device, specificationsor operating information regarding the device, . . . ). The one or moresensors of the sensor component 110 can sense and/or capture thedevice-related information 706, comprising the various items ofinformation, from the label. The one or more sensors and/or the lightmanagement component 106 can analyze the sensor data (e.g., visual imageof the label captured by the camera), including performing character orpattern recognition using desired character or pattern recognitiontechniques and technologies, to identify the device-related information706, including the various items of information, regarding the device702.

The light management component 106 and/or information component 108 canidentify the device 702 (e.g., model of the device), the manufacturer ofthe device 702, serial number of the device 702, website informationassociated with the device 702, specifications or operating informationregarding the device 702, and/or other information regarding the device702 based at least in part on the results of analyzing the sensor data.The light management component 106 and/or information component 108 alsocan obtain other information regarding the device 702 from one or moreextrinsic data sources (e.g., website associated with the device 702,another website(s) that contains information regarding the device 702).Such other information can comprise, for example, a user manual,troubleshooting information, repair information, maintenanceinformation, specification or operating information (e.g., additional ormore complete specification or operating information), device recallinformation, device-related alerts or notifications (e.g., maintenancenotifications, recall notification, . . . ), update information (e.g.,software update, firmware update, user manual update, . . . ), and/orother information relating to the device 702.

In some embodiments, the enhanced light device 102 can be associatedwith (e.g., communicatively connected to) a communication network 708 toenable the enhanced light device 102 to communicate with other enhancedlight devices (not shown in FIG. 7) and/or other devices, such as device114, which can be associated with the user 704, device 710, which can beassociated with a manufacturer and/or seller entity of the device 702,and/or another device(s) 714, which can be associated with anotherentity(ies) 716. The enhanced light device 102, the respective devices(e.g., 114, 710, 714) can be associated with the communication network708 via respective wireless communication connections and/or wirelinecommunication connections. In some implementations, the enhanced lightdevice 102 can establish a direct communication connection (e.g.,Bluetooth connection, near field communication connection, . . . ) withthe device 114 of the user 704.

The light management component 106 and/or information component 108,employing the instrument component 112 (e.g., communication component(s)of the instrument component 112) to facilitate communication with thecommunication network 708 and the device 710 to obtain informationregarding the device 702 from the device 710 (e.g., one type ofextrinsic data source) associated with the manufacturer and/or sellerentity, and/or to facilitate communication with the communicationnetwork 708 and the device(s) 714 to obtain information regarding thedevice 702 from the device(s) 714 (e.g., another type of extrinsic datasource) associated with the other entity(ies) 716. In certainembodiments, all or a portion of device-related information for thedevice 702 can be pre-loaded to the information component 108 or datastore (not shown in FIG. 7) of the enhanced light device 102.

In some instances, a device 702 may not have a device label on it or thedevice label may not be in a location on the device 702 where the sensorcomponent 110 is able to sense or capture device-related informationfrom the device label. As more fully described herein, one or moresensors of the sensor component 110 can sense or capture (e.g., capturevisual images) information regarding the device 702 with regard toportions of the device 702 that are accessible (e.g., are able to besensed) by the sensor component 110, the sensor component 110 and/orlight management component 106 can analyze the sensor data, includingperforming character or pattern recognition using character or patternrecognition techniques and technologies, to identify the device 702 andother information relating to the device 702. For instance, the sensorcomponent 110 can detect features (e.g., dimensions, components,structure, . . . ) of the portion of the device 702 accessible to thesensor component 110. The light management component 106 and/or sensorcomponent 110 can analyze the sensor data relating to the features toidentify, or at least partially identify, the device 702 and/or otherdevice-related information regarding the device 702, based at least inpart on the results of the analysis of the sensor data relating to thefeatures of the device 702, wherein such identification can comprise atype of device (e.g., refrigerator), a manufacturer of the device, amodel of the device, and/or other identification information. As part ofthe analysis, the light management component 106 and/or informationcomponent 108 can use device-related information (e.g., partial deviceidentification information) determined based on the sensor data tosearch for and obtain additional information regarding the device 702from one or more extrinsic data sources (e.g., device 710, device(s)714), as more fully described herein.

The light management component 106 and/or information component 108 cancreate or update a device profile to include the information regardingthe device 702, including the device-related information 706, identifiedor obtained by the light management component 106 and/or informationcomponent 108. The light management component 106 also can create orupdate a user profile of the user 704, wherein the user profile cancomprise user preferences or user input information received from theuser 704 (e.g., via the device 114 or an interface(s) of the enhancedlight device 102), use or interaction information (e.g., current orhistorical information) regarding the use or interaction with the device702 by the user 704, and/or other information relating to the user 704.The light management component 106 and/or information component 108 alsocan create or update an environment profile to include environmentalinformation regarding the environment (e.g., characteristics,conditions, or other features of the environment) associated with thedevice 702, wherein the environment can include an external environmentthat can surround the device 702 and/or an internal environment withrespect to an internal portion(s) of the device 702 (e.g., storagecompartment(s) of a refrigerator). The light management component 106and/or information component 108 also can create or update a lightprofile for the enhanced light device 102, wherein the light managementcomponent 106 and/or information component 108 can determine informationto be stored or updated in the light profile based at least in part onthe characteristics, conditions, functions, and/or other features of theenhanced light device 102, the user profile, the device profile, and theenvironment profile, as more fully described herein.

In some implementations, the light management component 106 can control(e.g., modify) the parameters, characteristics, or properties of thelight component 104 (e.g., modify illumination level, color, or othercharacteristics of the light component 104) based at least in part onvarious sensed conditions, such as, for example, ambient illumination inthe environment, activity of a user(s) in the environment or withrespect to the device 702, conditions of the device 702, weather or airconditions in the environment, a time of day, a time of year, and/orother conditions associated with the device 702 or environment, as morefully described herein. For example, one or more sensors of the sensorcomponent 110 can sense conditions associated with the device 702 orenvironment, interaction of the user 704 with respect to the device 702or environment, etc. Based at least in part on the results obtained fromanalyzing the sensor data relating to the conditions associated with thedevice 702 or environment, and/or the interaction of the user 704 withrespect to the device 702 or environment, the light management component106 can determine what the parameters, characteristics, or properties ofthe light component 104 should be, determine the respective adjustmentsto be made to the respective parameters, characteristics, or propertiesof the light component 104, and generate respective instructionsregarding such adjustments or otherwise facilitate performing theadjustments to the light component 104. For instance, the lightmanagement component 106 can respectively update the user profile,device profile, environment profile, and light profile, based at leastin part on the results of the analysis of the sensor data, and candetermine the modifications to be made to the parameters,characteristics, or properties of the light component 104, based atleast in part on the light profile, as more fully described herein. Thelight component 104 can be (re)configured (e.g., automatically,dynamically, or self configured), based at least in part on thedetermined respective adjustments, such that the light component 104 canemit desired (e.g., enhanced, suitable, or optimal) light to producedesired (e.g., enhanced, suitable, or optimal) light (e.g., processedlight) as an output from the enhanced light device 102.

In certain embodiments, the light management component 106 can control(e.g., modify) the parameters, characteristics, or properties of theinformation component 108 and/or other components (e.g., instrumentcomponent 112) of the enhanced light device 102 to facilitatedetermining a subset of information that can be desirable to the user704 interacting with the device 702 or in proximity to the device 702and presenting such subset of information to the user 704 via aninterface(s) (e.g., display screen, audio speaker(s), haptic interface)of the enhanced light device 102 or via the device 114 of the user 704.

As an example, the user 704 can be interacting with the device 702(e.g., a refrigerator). The sensor component 110 can detect that theuser 704 is interacting with the device 702, including detecting thetype(s) of interaction(s) with the device 702 by the user 704 (e.g.,opening the refrigerator door, reaching for or picking up object 718and/or 720 (e.g., food) stored inside the device 702, trying to adjust acontrol(s) (e.g., temperature control) on the device 702, trying toperform maintenance or repair on the device 702, . . . ). The sensorcomponent 110 also can sense conditions associated with the device 702and/or environment associated with the device 702. The light managementcomponent 106 and/or information component 108 can analyze the sensordata relating to the interaction with the device 702 by the user 704 andsensor data relating to the conditions associated with the device 702and/or environment.

Based at least in part on the results of analyzing the sensor data, thelight management component 106 and/or information component 108 candetermine or identify the type(s) of interaction(s) of the user 704 withthe device 702, conditions of the device 702 and/or environment, thecontext of the user 704, the context of the device 702, and/or thecontext of the environment. The light management component 106 canrespectively update the user profile, the device profile, and theenvironment profile, based at least in part on the analysis results. Thelight management component 106 also can update the light profile basedat least in part on the user profile, the device profile, and theenvironment profile, as updated, and/or the analysis results.

The light management component 106 can determine an adjustment, if any,to make to the lighting provided by the light component 104, based atleast in part on the light profile. The light management component 106and/or the information component 108 also can determine the subset ofinformation (e.g., desirable information) relating to the device 702and/or environment to provide to the user 704, and can determine how toprovide the subset of information to the user 704, based at least inpart on the light profile and/or the analysis results. For example, ifthe light management component 106 and/or information component 108determines that the interaction with the device 702 (e.g., refrigerator)by the user 704 is that the user 704 is reaching inside a compartment ofthe device 702 to pick up an object 718, the light management component106 and/or information component 108 can determine a subset ofinformation regarding the device 702 and/or object 718 that can beuseful or relevant to the user 704. For instance, the object 718 can bean item of food, and the light management component 106 and/orinformation component 108 can provide, to the user 704, a subset ofinformation regarding the item of food (e.g., the item of food wasplaced in the refrigerator six days ago; the expiration date for theitem of food has passed; power to the refrigerator was temporarily lost,and, as a result, the item of food may no longer be safe to eat; . . .). The light management component 106 also can control the components ofthe enhanced light device 102 to provide the subset of information tothe user 704 in a desired manner, in accordance with the defined lightmanagement criteria, which can include or take into account userpreferences of the user 704 stored in the user profile. For example, inaccordance with the defined light management criteria, the lightmanagement component 106 can facilitate presenting the subset ofinformation to the user via an interface(s) (e.g., display screen, audiospeaker(s), haptic interface) of the enhanced light device 102 or viathe device 114 of the user 704 (e.g., via the display screen, audiospeaker(s), or haptic component of the device 114). The subset ofinformation can be in the form of a message, notification (e.g., visual,audio, or haptic notification), and/or alert (e.g., visual, audio, orhaptic alert).

As another example, the device 702 can be an oven, and the object 718(e.g., first food item, such as a beef roast) and object 720 (e.g.,second food item, such as baked potatoes) can be in the oven cooking,wherein the light management component 106 and/or information component108 can determine that the user 704 has been interacting with the ovento cook objects 718 and 720 based at least in part on the results ofanalyzing sensor data from the sensor component 110. The lightmanagement component 106 and/or information component 108, employing thesensor component 110, can monitor respective conditions of the device702 (e.g., oven) and the objects 718 and 720, including tracking theamount of time the objects 718 and 720 have been cooking in the oven,the temperature inside the oven, the respective internal temperatures ofobject 718 (e.g., beef roast) and object 720 (e.g., potatoes), therespective remaining amount of time of cooking for the respectiveobjects 718 and 720, and/or other conditions. Based at least in part onthe results of analyzing sensor data, as such sensor data is receivedfrom the sensor component 110 and/or the respective profiles (e.g., userprofile, device profile, environment profile, light profile), the lightmanagement component 106 and/or information component 108 can determinedesirable information (e.g., subset of information that can be usefuland/or relevant) to assist the user 704 in properly cooking the fooditems (e.g., objects 718 and 720), including, for instance, making surethat the internal temperature of the beef roast (e.g., which can bedetermined or estimated based on sensor data from a thermometer or othersensor of the instrument component 112) is sufficiently high to make thebeef roast sufficiently safe to eat, notifying the user 704 when thefood items are suitably cooked, and/or notifying the user 704 if aproblem is occurring or has occurred with regard to cooking the fooditems, etc. The light management component 106 and/or informationcomponent 108 can facilitate providing such desirable information to theuser via the enhanced light device 102 and/or device 114 of the user704.

As still another example, the interaction with the device 702 by theuser 704 can be the user 704 adjusting a control on the device 702(e.g., temperature control on a refrigerator, oven temperature controlon an oven, . . . ), wherein such interaction can be detected by thesensor component 110 and identified by the light management component106 and/or information component 108. The light management component 106and/or information component 108 can identify or determine the type ofcontrol adjustment the user is attempting to make to the control and/orthe objective (e.g., adjusted operation outcome) for the device 702 thatthe user 704 is attempting to achieve, and/or can query the user 704,via an interface(s) of the enhanced light device 102 or the device 114,regarding the type of control adjustment the user is attempting to makeand/or the objective. The light management component 106 and/orinformation component 108 can determine desirable information that canassist the user 704 in making the adjustment to the control and/orachieving the desired objective, and can provide the desirableinformation to the user 704 via an interface(s) of the enhanced lightdevice 102 or the device 114.

As yet another example, the interaction with the device 702 by the user704 can be the user 704 performing maintenance of a repair on the device702 (e.g., machine, automobile, . . . ), wherein such interaction can bedetected by the sensor component 110 and identified by the lightmanagement component 106 and/or information component 108. The lightmanagement component 106 and/or information component 108 can identifyor determine the type of maintenance or repair that the user 704 isattempting to perform on the device 702, including the components orparts involved in the maintenance or repair, and can determine thecontext of the device 702 (e.g., state of the device (e.g., operational,fault, service due, . . . ; state of the maintenance or repair (e.g., atwhat point the user 704 is in performing the maintenance or repair), thecontext of the user 704, etc. The light management component 106 and/orinformation component 108 can determine desirable information that canassist the user 704 in performing the maintenance or repair on thedevice 702. Such desirable information can comprise, for example,directions (e.g., step-by-step instructions) in the user manual or fromanother data source (e.g., a website providing expert advice) that caninstruct the user 704 how to perform the maintenance or repair, a videoor drawings and/or audio illustrating how to perform the maintenance orrepair (e.g., a video obtained from an online data source or from avideo portion of the user manual), safety information (e.g., discontinuepower to device 702 while doing maintenance or repair, be aware ofcertain sharp or otherwise dangerous parts on the device 702) to ensurethat the user 704 is safely performing the maintenance or repair, and/orother useful and/or relevant information relating to the task. The lightmanagement component 106 and/or information component 108 can provide(e.g., present) the desirable information to the user 704 via aninterface(s) of the enhanced light device 102 or the device 114.

Turning to FIG. 8, FIG. 8 illustrates a diagram of example scenarios 800in which enhanced light devices can be used to provide desirablelighting and desirable information to a user, in accordance with variousaspects and embodiments of the disclosed subject matter. The examplescenarios 800 can comprise a set of enhanced light devices, such asenhanced light devices 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814, that canbe distributed throughout an area 816, which can be a building orstructure (as depicted), or at least a portion of, or can be an outdoorarea. The respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808,810, 812, and 814) each can comprise a light component, a lightmanagement component, an information component, a sensor component, andan instrument component that can respectively be the same as or similarto, and/or can comprise the same or similar functionality as, respectivecomponents (e.g., respectively named components), as more fullydescribed herein. Respective enhanced light devices can be installed on(e.g., attached to) the ceiling or walls, and/or can be installed,placed, or located in various places on the floor (e.g., enhanced lightdevices as floor lamps or lighting that can extend to a desired heightfrom the floor).

The set of enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812,and 814) can be employed in a variety of situations for a variety ofapplications, wherein the set of enhanced light devices can be employedto provide desirable lighting to user(s) and desirable (e.g., usefuland/or relevant) information to the user(s), in accordance with thedefined light management criteria. For instance, in one version of theexample scenarios 800, the set of enhanced light devices (e.g., 802,804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814) can be employed in (e.g., anddistributed throughout) a museum that also includes art and/orhistorical artifacts for showing to people. In another version of theexample scenarios 800, the set of enhanced light devices (e.g., 802,804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814) can be employed in (e.g., anddistributed throughout) a store or shopping mall that also includesvarious things for sale to people patronizing the store or shopping mall(e.g., indoor mall or outdoor mall). In still other versions of theexample scenarios 800, the set of enhanced lights (e.g., 802, 804, 806,808, 810, 812, and 814) can be employed in (e.g., and distributedthroughout) a home, a building (e.g., office and/or governmentbuilding), a warehouse, a manufacturing or assembly facility (e.g.,plant), an industrial automation facility, an airport (e.g., airportterminal), a bus station, a set of drones, an aircraft, a ship or boat,a stadium, a ballpark, a sports or entertainment facility, an indoor oroutdoor concert venue, a medical facility (e.g., hospital, urgent carecenter, physician's office), a casino, a restaurant, a parking lot, astreet (e.g., public or private street), or another desired structure,venue, or location (e.g., indoor or outdoor location).

The at least the portion of the area 816 (e.g., building or structure ofor in the area) can include rooms, sections, or demarcated sub-areas,such as sub-area 818 and sub-area 820, wherein sub-area 818 and sub-area820 can be adjacent to each other, and access to sub-area 818 fromsub-area 820, and vice versa, is enabled by a throughway or opening 822between the sub-area 818 and sub-area 820. In this example scenario 800,a door 824 can be located at the other end of the sub-area 818 that ison the opposite side from the opening 822, wherein the door 824 can beused to exit or enter the sub-area 818 from another sub-area or from theoutside (e.g., outside of the building or structure). Another door 826can be located at the other end of the sub-area 820 that is on theopposite side from the opening 822, wherein this other door 826 can beused to exit or enter the sub-area 820 from another sub-area or from theoutside (e.g., outside of the building or structure).

The at least the portion of the area 816 (e.g., building or structure ofor in the area) can have a set of objects, such as, for example, objects828, 830, 832, 834, 836, 838, 840, 842, 844, and 846, that can bedistributed throughout the area 816, wherein, for instance, objects 828,830, 832, and 834 can be distributed throughout the sub-area 818, andobjects 836, 838, 840, 842, 844, and 846 can be distributed throughoutthe sub-area 820.

In the version of the example scenarios 800 where the area 816 is amuseum that can include art and/or historical artifacts, the respectiveobjects (e.g., 828, 830, 832, 834, 836, 838, 840, 842, 844, and 846) canbe respective items of art, historical artifacts, or other exhibits. Therespective enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812,and 814) can learn about their environment, including learning about therespective items of art, historical artifacts, or other exhibits in thearea 816, and, in particular, in proximity to them, and can conveydesirable (e.g., useful, relevant, informative) information to people(e.g., patrons) who are in the area 816 (e.g., in proximity to an itemof art, artifact, or exhibit in the area 816).

For instance, object 828 can be a painting in proximity to the enhancedlight device 802. In some embodiments, information regarding thepainting (e.g., name of painting, artist, year painting was created,and/or historical information relating to the painting) can bepre-loaded into the enhanced light device 802. In other embodiments, thelight management component and/or information component of the enhancedlight device 802 can learn information regarding the painting byanalyzing the painting. For example, one or more sensors (e.g., camera)of the sensor component of the enhanced light device 802 can senseand/or capture information regarding the painting from the paintingitself (e.g., capture an image of the painting) or from a label (e.g., alabel that identifies the name of the painting, the artist, . . . ) inproximity to the painting. The light management component and/orinformation component of the enhanced light device 802 can analyze(e.g., including performing pattern or character recognition analysison) sensor data relating to the sensed or captured information, and,based at least in part on the results of the analysis, can identify thename of the painting, the name of the artist of the painting, and/orother pertinent information (e.g., year the painting was created)regarding the painting. The light management component and/orinformation component of the enhanced light device 802 also cansupplement the information regarding the painting by performing a search(e.g., Internet or intranet search) regarding the painting and/or theartist, via the communication network, to obtain additional informationregarding the painting or the artist (e.g., historical or contextualinformation relating to the painting or artist, other art created by theartist, personal history of the artist, . . . ) from one or moreextrinsic data sources (e.g., websites or communication devices ofentities associated with the communication network).

When a person 848, who can have a device 850 (e.g., communicationdevice, such as a mobile phone or electronic tablet) is in proximity tothe painting (e.g., object 828), the sensor component of the enhancedlight device 802 can detect that the person 848 and/or device 850 is inproximity to the painting and/or can sense or capture (e.g., via acamera) information regarding the interaction of the person 848 with thepainting (e.g., the person 848 is looking at the painting, and/or theperson 848 is using the device 850 (or his or her camera) to capture apicture of the painting). The light management component and/orinformation component of the enhanced light device 802 can analyze(e.g., including performing pattern or character recognition analysison) the sensor data relating to the sensed or captured informationregarding the person 848 and/or device 850 to identify or determine theinteraction of the person 848 with the painting. In some embodiments, aspart of the analysis, to facilitate determining desirable information topresent to the person 848, the light management component and/orinformation component also can determine or estimate demographicinformation (e.g., age, gender, residence, profession or employment,income level, . . . ) regarding the person 848, based at least in parton the results of the analysis of the sensor data and/or other data(e.g., demographic or other types of data obtained from another datasource(s)).

Based at least in part on the results of the analysis of the sensor dataand/or other data, the light management component and/or informationcomponent can determine desirable (e.g., useful, relevant, informative)information, comprising information relating to the painting, theartist, and/or other desirable information (e.g., information regardingother paintings (e.g., object 844) or artists who the person 848 may beinterested in based at least in part on the person's interest in thispainting or artist), to provide to the person 848. The light managementcomponent and/or information component can facilitate presenting thedesirable information to the person 848 via one or more interfaces(e.g., display screen, audio speaker(s)) of the enhanced light device802 and/or via the device 850, which can be connected to the enhancedlight device 802 via the communication network or a direct communicationconnection. For example, the desirable information can provide theperson 848 historical information relating to the period in time thepainting (e.g., object 828) was created, which can provide the person848 with some historical context regarding the artist and/or paintingthat may enable the person 848 to better understand what the artist wastrying to convey or depict in the painting, and/or what was occurring atthat time in history that may have influenced the artist when the artistcreated the painting, etc. The desirable information also can inform theperson 848 that the artist of the painting (e.g., object 828) was afriend (or rival) of another artist who created another painting (e.g.,object 844) that is located in a particular location in the sub-area820.

The enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814)can communicate and coordinate with each other to exchange informationwith each other and perform other respective actions in a coordinatedmanner, in accordance with the defined light management criteria. Forinstance, the enhanced light device 812, which is in proximity to object844 (e.g., another painting), can have certain information relating tothe object 844 stored thereon (e.g., in the information component and/ordata store of the enhanced light device 812). The enhanced light device812 can communicate with the other enhanced light devices, includingenhanced light device 802, to make the other enhanced light devicesaware that it is in proximity to the object 844 (e.g., other painting)and has the certain information relating to the object 844. In the aboveexample, when the enhanced light device 802 was determining thedesirable information to present to the person 848, the enhanced lightdevice 802 can be aware of the other painting in proximity to theenhanced light device 812 and that the enhanced light device 812 has thecertain information relating to the painting. The light managementcomponent and/or information component of the enhanced light device 802can determine all or a portion of the certain information relating tothe other painting that can be desirable to the person 848, cancommunicate with the enhanced light device 812 to obtain all or theportion of the certain information relating to the other painting fromthe enhanced light device 812, and can include all or the portion of thecertain information relating to the other painting as part of thedesirable information the enhanced light device 802 presents to theperson 848.

The enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814)also can communicate and coordinate with each other to exchangeinformation regarding scheduled exhibits, for instance, to inform peoplein one part of the area 816 that an exhibit is scheduled to start at acertain time in another part of the area 816 and/or to inform peopleabout a change in scheduling of an exhibit. For example, there can be anexhibit scheduled for object 846 (e.g., famous art sculpture by a famousartist) at 3:00 p.m. with a notable art historian making a presentationat the exhibit. The enhanced light devices can receive informationregarding this exhibit, including information regarding the artsculpture (e.g., object 846) being exhibited, information regarding thenotable art historian, and the scheduled time for the exhibit. However,due to certain circumstances (e.g., the art historian is going to belate), the start of the exhibit has to be delayed until 3:30 p.m.,wherein a museum representative (not shown in FIG. 8) near the enhancedlight device 812 can communicate with the enhanced light device 812(e.g., directly using an interface(s) of the enhanced light device 812or via a communication device of the representative in communicationwith the enhanced light device 812) to inform the enhanced light device812 that the start of the exhibit is being delayed until 3:30 p.m. Thelight management component of the enhanced light device 812 cancommunicate with the other light management components of the otherenhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, and 814) toinform the other enhanced light devices that the exhibit is beingdelayed until 3:30 p.m. The other enhanced light devices can informpeople in their respective regions of the delay in the start of theexhibit. For example, the light management component and/or informationcomponent of the enhanced light device 802 can provide informationregarding the delay in the start of the exhibit to the person 848 via aninterface(s) of the enhanced light device or via the device 850 of theperson 848.

As another example application of coordination of the enhanced lightdevices, the enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812,and 814) can communicate and coordinate with each other to control thetraffic flow of people in the area 816 to facilitate reducing congestionof people in a particular part (e.g., near a particular work of art) ofthe area 816 and enhancing the overall experience and enjoyment ofpeople attending the museum. For instance, the respective sensorcomponents and light management components can monitor, sense, and trackrespective traffic flows of people in respective regions of the area 816in proximity to respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806,808, 810, 812, and 814). A light management component of an enhancedlight device (e.g., 802) can identify a particular region of the area816 that currently has a relatively higher volume of traffic of people,as compared to other regions of the area 816, or can determine thathistorically (e.g., at least in recent days or weeks) the particularregion of the area 816 will have a relatively higher volume of trafficof people, as compared to the other regions of the area 816, forinstance, due to the popularity of a particular work of art (e.g.,object 830). The light management component of the enhanced light device802 can determine that it would be beneficial to the museum andvisitors, from a visitor experience standpoint and/or a safetystandpoint, to control the traffic flow of people in the area 816 to tryto control the volume of traffic of people to that particular region andparticular work of art (e.g., object 830) during the current time or attimes when historically there is a relatively higher volume of trafficof people.

The light management component of the enhanced light device 802 candetermine that visitors can be provided information to advise (e.g.,notify) the visitors that there can be wait times for visitors to seethe particular work of art (e.g., object 830) during such time periodsof higher volume or expected higher volume, recommendations to see otherart pieces or exhibits in other regions of the area 816 during such timeperiods, and/or incentives to induce visitors to avoid, or at leastavoid an unscheduled visit to, the particular region of the area 816where the particular work of art is located during such time periods ofhigher volume or expected higher volume. Such incentives can comprise,for example, in exchange for the visitor avoiding, or at least avoidingan unscheduled visit to, the particular region of the area 816 where theparticular work of art is located, scheduling a specific time for avisitor (e.g., person 848) to view of the particular work of art,wherein the visitor can be placed in a priority line to view theparticular work of art at the specific time and/or providing the visitora discount on products or services provided by the museum or by otherentities in exchange for the visitor avoiding the particular region ofthe area 816 where the particular work of art is located.

The light management component of the enhanced light device 802 canfacilitate communicating the information regarding the congestion issue,the time period of the congestion issue, the notification of wait timesor at least potential wait times, the recommendations, and/or theincentives to the other enhanced light devices (e.g., 804, 806, 808,810, 812, and 814). The respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 802,804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814) can communicate the informationregarding the congestion issue, the time period of the congestion issue,the notification of wait times or at least potential wait times, therecommendations, and/or the incentives to respective visitors (e.g.,directly from the enhanced light devices or via respective communicationdevices of the respective visitors that can be communicatively connectedto the respective communication devices) in the respective regions ofthe area 816 where the respective enhanced light devices are located.This can enable the respective enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804,806, 808, 810, 812, and 814) to desirably control the traffic flow ofpeople in the area 816 (e.g., by identifying and directing people toanother region(s) of the area 816 that has or is expected to have arelatively lower traffic flow and informing people (e.g., visitors) thataccess to such other region(s) of the area 816 can be more favorable(e.g., shorter wait time and/or line to see an exhibit) to them at thistime or another particular time period than to visit the particular workof art in the particular region that has or is expected to have arelatively higher volume of traffic). This can improve the overallexperience and enjoyment of visiting the museum by people and/or enhancethe safety and security of visitors.

In another version of the example scenarios 800 where the area 816 is astore or shopping mall, the respective objects (e.g., 828, 830, 832,834, 836, 838, 840, 842, 844, and 846) can be or can comprise respectiveitems (e.g., articles of clothing, products, a shelf with articles ofclothing or other products on it, a rack with articles or clothing orother products on it, . . . ) for sale. The respective enhanced lightdevices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814) can learn abouttheir environment, including learning about the respective items in thearea 816, and, in particular, in proximity to them, and can conveydesirable (e.g., useful, relevant, informative) information to people(e.g., patrons) who are in the area 816 (e.g., in proximity to an objector enhanced light device in a particular region of the area 816). Forexample, the respective enhanced light devices can recognize productsavailable for sale in the respective regions of the area where therespective enhanced light devices are located or installed, can obtainrespective information regarding the respective products, includingavailable promotions or sales for the products, and can convey therespective information regarding the respective products to respectivepatrons who are in the area 816 (e.g., in the store or mall).

For instance, respective sensor components of the respective enhancedlight devices can detect and/or capture respective information (e.g.,visual images) of respective items (e.g., articles of clothing or otherproducts) in respective regions of the area 816 in proximity to therespective enhanced light devices. A light management component and/orinformation component of an enhanced light device can analyze the sensordata relating to the respective items that are in the regions of thearea 816 in proximity to the enhanced light device. The light managementcomponent and/or information component of the enhanced light device canidentify the respective items in the region and other informationrelating to the respective items (e.g., identify type of product,manufacturer or brand of product, price of product, discount sale orpromotion associated with the product, . . . ), based at least in parton the results of the analysis of the sensor data. The enhanced lightdevice also can receive or have access to other information regardingthe respective items in the other respective regions of the area 816from the other enhanced light devices in the area 816 and/or from one ormore extrinsic data sources (e.g., one or more communication devicesassociated with the one or more extrinsic data sources). In someembodiments, respective information regarding the respective items(e.g., name of manufacturer, name or model of item, price of item, pricediscount or promotion associated with the item, . . . ) can bepre-loaded into the enhanced light device 802 and/or other enhancedlight devices.

When a person 848, who can have a device 850 (e.g., communicationdevice) is in proximity to an enhanced light device, such as enhancedlight device 802, and/or is interacting with or in proximity to an item(e.g., clothing or other product on sale; shelf or rack containingclothing or other products) in proximity to the enhanced light device,the sensor component of the enhanced light device 802 can detect thatthe person 848 and/or device 850 is in proximity to the item and/or cansense or capture (e.g., via a camera and/or another sensor) informationregarding the interaction of the person 848 with the item (e.g., theperson 848 is looking at or picking up the item). The light managementcomponent and/or information component of the enhanced light device 802can analyze (e.g., including performing pattern or character recognitionanalysis on) the sensor data relating to the sensed or capturedinformation regarding the person 848 and/or device 850 to identify ordetermine the interaction of the person 848 with the item. In someembodiments, as part of the analysis, to facilitate determiningdesirable information to present to the person 848, the light managementcomponent and/or information component also can obtain, determine, orestimate other data, such as, for example, demographic data (e.g., age,gender, residence, profession or employment, income level, . . . )regarding the person 848, based at least in part on the results of theanalysis of the sensor data. The light management component can obtainall or some of the other data (e.g., extrinsic data, which can comprisedemographic data and/or other types of data) from an extrinsic datasource(s), for example.

Based at least in part on the results of the analysis of the sensor dataand/or other data, the light management component and/or informationcomponent can determine desirable (e.g., useful, relevant, informative)information, comprising information relating to the item, another itemthat may be of interest to the user (e.g., another item on sale, anotheritem (e.g., tie) that can be relevant to the item (e.g., sport coat)),and/or other desirable information (e.g., information regarding storepromotions or discounts), to provide to the person 848. For instance, ifthe person 848 is interacting with a particular shirt, the lightmanagement component can determine another item of clothing (e.g., sportcoat, tie, suit, pants, . . . ) that can at least potentially be ofinterest to the person 848 due, for example, to the other item ofclothing desirably (e.g., suitably) matching the particular suit as partof an outfit and/or the other item of clothing can be on sale orassociated with another sales promotion. The light management componentof the enhanced light device 802 can facilitate presenting informationrelating to the other item of clothing to the user via the enhancedlight device 802 or the device 850 (e.g., communication device) of theuser. In some implementations, the other item of clothing can be locatedin another region of the store (e.g., other region of the area 816), andthe enhanced light device 802 can search for and/or obtain informationrelating to the other item of clothing from another enhanced lightdevice (e.g., 808) that is located in that other region of the store. Insome implementations, the light management component can dynamicallygenerate a sales promotion for the item and the other item to sell themto the user for a discounted price, if the person 848 purchases bothitems, and can present information relating to the sales promotion tothe person 848 for consideration by the person 848.

As another example, the person 848 can be interacting with (e.g., can bedetermined to be expressing interest in) a particular item (e.g., car,boat, furniture, barbeque grill, . . . ) that can be relativelyexpensive. The light management component can determine the context ofthe particular item and/or the context of the person 848, based at leastin part on the results of analyzing sensor data relating to the itemand/or person 848, and/or other information (e.g., identificationinformation that can identify the person 848; demographic informationthat can demographically categorize the person 848), wherein the otherinformation can be received from another enhanced light device oranother (e.g., extrinsic) data source. Based at least in part on thecontext of the particular item and/or the context of the person 848, thelight management component can determine a sales promotion to discountthe price of the particular item and/or a financing promotion to providedesirable financing terms to enable the person 848 to finance thepurchase of the particular item. The light management component canfacilitate presenting information relating to the sales promotion and/orfinancing promotion to the person 848 for consideration by the person848.

The light management component and/or information component canfacilitate presenting the desirable information (e.g., informationrelating to the other item, and/or information regarding a salespromotion or financing promotion) to the person 848 via one or moreinterfaces (e.g., display screen, audio speaker(s)) of the enhancedlight device 802 and/or via the device 850, which can be connected tothe enhanced light device 802 via the communication network or a directcommunication connection.

The enhanced light devices (e.g., 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812, and 814)also can communicate and coordinate with each other to exchangeinformation to enhance the safety and security of people in the area816, for instance, in connection with hazards in or near the area 816.For example, enhanced light device 804 and/or enhanced light device 806can detect (e.g., via their respective sensors) a hazard 852 (e.g.,fire, electrical hazard, or other hazard) in proximity to the door 824.The enhanced light device 804 and/or enhanced light device 806 cancommunicate information regarding the hazard 852 to the enhanced lightdevice 802 in proximity to the person 848. The light managementcomponent of the enhanced light device 802 can determine desirable(e.g., suitable, acceptable, or optimal) information to provide to theperson 848, wherein the desirable information can notify the person 848of the hazard 852 and/or the location of the hazard 852 (e.g., relativeto the location of the person 848), present a map or directions to theperson 848 to enable the user to avoid the hazard 852 and safely exitthe area 816 (e.g., through the door 826), present indicators (e.g.,visual, audio, and/or haptic indicators) to assist (e.g., guide) theperson 848 to avoid the hazard 852, and/or present other desirableinformation to the person 848 via the enhanced light device 802 and/orthe communication device 850. Enhanced light devices 802, 804, and/or806 also can provide information regarding the hazard 852 to the otherenhanced light devices (e.g., 808, 810, 812, and 814) so that the otherenhanced light devices can provide desirable information (e.g., mapinformation, directions, indicators (e.g., direction indicators)) to theperson 848 and/or other persons to enable the person 848 and/or otherpersons to safely navigate through the area 816 to avoid the hazard 852and/or exit the area 816 (e.g., via the door 826).

FIG. 9 depicts a block diagram of an example, non-limiting lightmanagement component 900, in accordance with various aspects andembodiments described herein. In some implementations, the lightmanagement component 900 can be part of an enhanced light device.

The light management component 900 can comprise a communicator component902 that can communicate data between the enhanced light device and oneor more other devices, such as, for example, one or more other enhancedlight devices and/or one or more devices (e.g., communication devices,such as a mobile phone, computer, electronic tablet, . . . ; appliance,machine, security system, or other device or system that hascommunication functionality) that can be located in an area and/or canbe associated with one or more entities (e.g., another user(s), lawenforcement, a fire department, an emergency response entity, . . . ).The communicator component 902 can communicate information usingwireline or wireless communication technologies and protocols, as morefully described herein. The communicator component 902 also canfacilitate presenting desired visual information and/or audioinformation to one or more users in proximity to the enhanced lightdevice.

The light management component 900 also can include a network component904 that can employ one or more communication network technologiesand/or protocols to facilitate establishing a communication connectionbetween the enhanced light device and one or more other devices, suchas, for example, one or more other enhanced light devices and/or devicesthat can be located in an area and/or can be associated with one or moreentities. The communication connection can be a wireline communicationconnection and/or a wireless communication connection using wireline orwireless communication technologies and protocols, as more fullydescribed herein.

The light management component 900 further can comprise an operationsmanager component 906 that can control (e.g., manage) operationsassociated with the light management component 900. For example, theoperations manager component 906 can facilitate generating instructionsto have components of the light management component 900 performoperations, and can communicate respective instructions to respectivecomponents (e.g., communicator component 902, network component 904,awareness component 908, . . . ) of the light management component 900to facilitate performance of operations by the respective components ofthe light management component 900 based at least in part on theinstructions, in accordance with the defined light management criteriaand the defined light management algorithm(s). The operations managercomponent 906 also can facilitate controlling data flow between therespective components of the light management component 900 andcontrolling data flow between the light management component 900 andanother component(s) or device(s) (e.g., another enhanced lightdevice(s) associated with the enhanced light device; a device, such as acommunication device; a base station or other component or device of thecommunication network) associated with (e.g., connected to) the lightmanagement component 900.

The light management component 900 also can include an awarenesscomponent 908 that can enable the enhanced light device to learn andunderstand the environment in which the enhanced light device isinstalled or located, determine one or more objectives of theinstallation or location of the enhanced light device, determinecapabilities and/or features of the enhanced light device, perform aself-configuration of the enhanced light device in accordance with theone or more determined objectives and the determined capabilities and/orfeatures of the enhanced light device, and perform operations to achievethe one or more determined objectives.

The light management component 900 can comprise a processor component910 that can work in conjunction with the other components (e.g.,communicator component 902, network component 904, operations managercomponent 906, awareness component 908, data store 912) to facilitateperforming the various functions of the light management component 900.The processor component 910 can employ one or more processors,microprocessors, or controllers that can process data, such asinformation relating to conditions or contexts (e.g., device conditionsor contexts, environmental conditions or contexts, user conditions orcontexts) associated with the enhanced light device or an associateddevice and/or other associated enhanced light devices or associateddevices, operation of the enhanced light device or other associatedenhanced light devices, parameters, characteristics and/or propertiesassociated with the enhanced light device, responsive actions (e.g.,actions responsive to environmental, device, or user conditions orcontexts; determining desirable information to present to a user),policies, defined light management criteria, defined environmentcriteria, defined device criteria, algorithms (e.g., defined lightmanagement algorithm(s)), protocols, interfaces, tools, and/or otherinformation, to facilitate operation of the light management component900 and the enhanced light device, as more fully disclosed herein, andcontrol data flow between the light management component 900 and othercomponents (e.g., other enhanced light devices, communication devices,base station or other devices of the communication network, datasources, applications, . . . ) associated with the light managementcomponent 900.

The data store 912 that can store data structures (e.g., user data,metadata), code structure(s) (e.g., modules, objects, hashes, classes,procedures) or instructions, information relating to conditions orcontexts (e.g., device conditions or contexts, environmental conditionsor contexts, user conditions or contexts) associated with the enhancedlight device or an associated device and/or other associated enhancedlight devices or associated devices, operation of the enhanced lightdevice or other associated enhanced light devices, parameters,characteristics and/or properties associated with the enhanced lightdevice, responsive actions (e.g., actions responsive to environmental,device, or user conditions or contexts; determining desirableinformation to present to a user), policies, defined light managementcriteria, defined environment criteria, defined device criteria,algorithms (e.g., defined light management algorithm(s)), protocols,interfaces, tools, and/or other information, to facilitate controllingoperations associated with the light management component 900 and theenhanced light device. In an aspect, the processor component 910 can befunctionally coupled (e.g., through a memory bus) to the data store 912in order to store and retrieve information desired to operate and/orconfer functionality, at least in part, to the communicator component902, network component 904, operations manager component 906, awarenesscomponent 908, and data store 912, etc., and/or substantially any otheroperational aspects of the light management component 900.

FIG. 10 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limitingawareness component 1000, in accordance with various aspects andembodiments of the disclosed subject matter. The awareness component1000 can facilitate enabling an enhanced light device to determine(e.g., ascertain, infer, calculate, predict, prognose, estimate, derive,forecast, detect, and/or compute) characteristics of the environment inwhich the enhanced light device is installed or located orcharacteristics of a device associated with (e.g., attached to or inproximity to) the enhanced light device in the environment, determinecharacteristics, capabilities, and/or features of the enhanced lightdevice, determine one or more objectives of the installation or locationof the enhanced light device, perform a configuration (e.g., automatic,dynamic, or self configuration) of the enhanced light device inaccordance with the determined characteristics, capabilities,conditions, and/or features of the enhanced light device and the one ormore determined objectives, and determine and execute one or moredesired actions for the enhanced light device to achieve the one or moredetermined objectives, in accordance with one or more embodimentsdescribed herein. Repetitive description of like elements employed inother embodiments described herein is omitted for sake of brevity.

The awareness component 1000 can comprise an environment component 1002that can determine characteristics, conditions, or features of anenvironment in which the enhanced light device is installed or located.The environment component 1002 can employ one or more sensors (of asensor component) or instruments (of an instrument component) to obtaininformation about the environment in which the enhanced light device isinstalled or located. The environment component 1002 can determinecharacteristics or conditions of the environment, and can generate anenvironment profile of the environment, based at least in part on theresults of analyzing the information regarding the environment. Inaccordance with various non-limiting embodiments, the characteristics orconditions can include objects, devices, people, flora, fauna,predators, pests, colors, scents, hazards, biohazards, chemicals,dimensional characteristics, health status, locations, topography,landscape, seascape, boundaries, atmosphere, manmade features,furniture, toys, equipment, machines, vehicles, buildings, grounds,roads, railroad tracks, water feature, rocks, trees, debris, geographicfeatures, unsafe conditions, weather conditions, property line boundary,ground conditions, water conditions, atmospheric conditions, watercurrents, air currents, water salinity, air temperature, watertemperature, ground temperature, ground traction, network topology, orany other suitable conditions or characteristics of the environment thatcan be determined from information obtained by the sensors orinstruments. The environment component 1002 also can generate orfacilitate generating or updating all or a portion of a device profilefor a device associated with the environment and/or all or a portion auser profile associated with a user associated with the environment.

It is to be appreciated and understood that the environment component1002 can employ intelligent recognition techniques (e.g., spatialrelationship recognition, pattern recognition, object recognition,facial recognition, animal recognition, pose recognition, actionrecognition, shape recognition, scene recognition, behavior recognition,sound recognition, scent recognition, voice recognition, audiorecognition, image recognition, motion recognition, hue recognition,feature recognition, edge recognition, texture recognition, timingrecognition, location recognition, and/or any other suitable recognitiontechnique) to determine the conditions, characteristics, or features ofthe environment based at least in part on the information obtained byone or more sensors or instruments.

The awareness component 1000 also can include a self-configurationcomponent 1004 that can determine characteristics, capabilities,conditions, and/or features of the enhanced light device. Theself-configuration component 1004 can generate or update a light profileof the enhanced light device based at least in part on the environmentprofile of the environment, device profile of the device, and/or theuser profile of a user (e.g., person, visitor) associated with theenhanced light device and the characteristics, capabilities, conditions,and/or features of the enhanced light device, in accordance with thedefined light management criteria. The self-configuration component 1004also can determine one or more objectives of the installation orlocation of the enhanced light device, and perform a self-configuration,automatic configuration, or dynamic configuration of the enhanced lightdevice, in accordance with the one or more determined objectives and thelight profile of the enhanced light device.

The awareness component 1000 also can comprise an operation component1006 that can determine and execute one or more desired (e.g., suitable,acceptable, enhanced, or optimal) actions for the enhanced light deviceto perform to achieve the one or more determined objectives (e.g., to beresponsive to the conditions, characteristics, or contexts of theenvironment, the device, or the user). For example, the operationcomponent 1006 can employ intelligence (e.g., artificial intelligence)to monitor the environment, or associated device or user, for conditionsrelating to the characteristics according to the one or more determinedobjectives using one or more sensors or instruments, determine one ormore desired (e.g., suitable, acceptable, enhanced, or optimal) actionsfor the enhanced light device (e.g., the light component, the enhancedcomponent, and/or one or more instruments of the enhanced light device)to perform to achieve the one or more determined objectives based atleast in part on the conditions relating to the characteristics and thedetermined capabilities, conditions, or features of the enhanced lightdevice, and execute the one or more desired actions (e.g., responsiveactions). In an example, the operation component 1006 can select actionsfrom a library of actions stored in a data store or in one or moreknowledges sources. In another example, the operation component 1006 cancreate actions to be performed by the enhanced light device based atleast in part on artificial intelligence.

FIG. 11 depicts a block diagram of an example, non-limiting environmentcomponent 1100, in accordance with one or more aspects and embodimentsdescribed herein. The environment component 1100 can comprise a physicalenvironment component 1102 that can employ one or more sensors of asensor component, as described herein, to obtain physical informationabout the physical environment in which the enhanced light device isinstalled or located. In an example, the physical environment component1102 can employ a camera to obtain visual information about theenvironment. In another example, the physical environment component 1102can employ a microphone to obtain audio information about theenvironment. In a further example, the physical environment component1102 can employ a GPS device to obtain its location in the environment.In still another example, the physical environment component 1102 canemploy an LIDAR sensor to obtain mapping information about theenvironment. In yet another example, the physical environment component1102 can employ a GPS device and LIDAR sensor to map the locations ofcharacteristics, conditions, or features recognized by the physicalenvironment component 1102 in the environment. It is to be appreciatedand understood that the physical environment component 1102 can employany suitable sensor or instrument to obtain corresponding informationproduced by the sensor or instrument about the physical environment.

The environment component 1100 can comprise a network environmentcomponent 1104 that can employ one or more sensors or instruments asdescribed herein to obtain information about the network environment inwhich the enhanced light device is installed or located. In an example,the network environment component 1104 can employ a communication deviceto discover communication networks operating in the environment. Thenetwork environment component 1104 can connect to one or more of thenetworks using suitable security and authentication schemes and obtaindevice information about devices and/or other enhanced light devicesoperating on the one or more networks. In a non-limiting example, deviceinformation regarding a device can comprise device type, device modelnumber, device location, device functionality, device configuration,device security, communication protocols supported, or any othersuitable attribute of a device. It is to be appreciated and understoodthat the network environment component 1104 can employ suitable securitytechniques to prevent unauthorized access to the enhanced light devicewhile obtaining device information regarding other devices on the one ormore networks. The enhanced light device (e.g., the light managementcomponent or the network environment component 1104) can determine whatsecurity and/or communication protocols it should employ andself-configure for operation using the appropriate security and/orcommunication protocols.

The environment component 1100 also can include an environment profilecomponent 1106 that can create an environment profile that can describethe characteristics, conditions, and/or features of the environment inwhich the enhanced light device is installed or located based at leastin part on the physical information and the device information obtainedby the one or more sensors or instruments. For example, the environmentprofile component 1106 can employ intelligent recognition techniques torecognize characteristics, conditions, and/or features of theenvironment based at least in part on the physical information and thedevice information. In an additional example, the environment profilecomponent 1106 can associate device information obtained from thedevices with corresponding physical information associated with thedevices obtained from sensors. The environment profile component 1106also can employ knowledge resources (e.g., Internet, libraries,encyclopedias, databases, devices, or any other suitable knowledgeresources (e.g., extrinsic data sources)) to obtain detailed informationdescribing the characteristics, conditions, and/or features of theenvironment. For example, the environment profile component 1106 canobtain detailed product information related to recognizedcharacteristics, conditions, or features of the environment. In anotherexample, the environment profile component 1106 can obtain riskinformation related to recognized characteristics, conditions, orfeatures of the environment. In a further example, the environmentprofile component 1106 can obtain information describing interactionbetween various recognized characteristics, conditions, or features ofthe environment. The environment profile component 1106 can obtain anysuitable information associated with recognized characteristics,conditions, or features of the environment from any suitable knowledgeresource.

Furthermore, the environment profile component 1106 can generate aconfidence metric indicative of a confidence of a determination of acharacteristic, condition, or feature that has been made by theenvironment profile component 1106 based at least in part on anysuitable function. For example, the environment profile component 1106can employ the multiple sources of information (e.g., physicalinformation, device information, and information from knowledge sources)and perform a cross-check validation across the various sources togenerate a confidence metric indicative of a confidence of an accuracyof a determination of a characteristic, condition, or feature.

The environment profile component 1106 can employ the characteristics,conditions, features, and/or any associated obtained information togenerate the environment profile that describes the characteristics,conditions, or features of the environment. The environment profilecomponent 1106 can organize the environment profile in any desired(e.g., suitable, acceptable, or optimal) manner, non-limiting examplesof which can include an array, a table, a tree, a map, a graph, a chart,a list, network topology, or any other suitable manner of organizingdata in a profile. In a non-limiting example, the environment profilecan include respective entries for each characteristic, condition, orfeature of the environment that comprise a detailed description of thecharacteristic, condition, or feature, a location of the characteristic,condition, or feature in the environment, tracking informationdescribing changes to the characteristic, condition, or feature overtime, source used to determine the characteristic, condition, orfeature, confidence of accuracy of the determined characteristic,condition, or feature, or any other suitable information associated withthe characteristic, condition, or feature. The environment profile cancomprise a map of the environment identifying characteristics,conditions, or features, and their respective locations on the map.

It is to be appreciated and understood that the environment profilecomponent 1106 also can be employed to generate, or facilitategenerating or updating, all or a portion of a device profile for adevice associated with the environment and/or all or a portion a userprofile associated with a user associated with the environment.

FIG. 12 presents a block diagram of an example, non-limitingself-configuration component 1200, in accordance with one or moreaspects and embodiments of the disclosed subject matter. Theself-configuration component 1200 can analyze the enhanced light device(e.g., characteristics, properties, components, features, and/orconditions of the enhanced light device) and/or information relating tothe enhanced light device. Based at least in part on the results of theanalysis, the self-configuration component 1200 can determinecharacteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/or conditions ofthe enhanced light device, determine one or more objectives of theinstallation or location of the enhanced light device, and perform aself-configuration, and/or an automatic or dynamic configuration, of theenhanced light device according to the one or more determinedobjectives.

The self-configuration component 1200 can include a capability component1202 that can perform a self-examination of the enhanced light device todetermine characteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/orconditions of the enhanced light device, including in relation to wherethe enhanced light device is installed or located. For example, thecapability component 1202 can determine characteristics, properties,capabilities, features and/or conditions of the enhanced light device,such as, in non-limiting examples, power sources, computers, processorcomponents (e.g., processors, microprocessors, controllers, . . . ),memories (e.g., data stores), programs, sensors, instruments, lightcomponent (e.g., light elements), information component, or any othersuitable capability of the diffusion light device. In an example, thecapability component 1202 can probe a system bus to facilitatedetermining characteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/orconditions of the enhanced light device. In another example, thecapability component 1202 can examine a memory (e.g., data store) forinformation regarding characteristics, properties, capabilities,features and/or conditions of the enhanced light device. In a furtherexample, the capability component 1202 can obtain information regardingcharacteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/or conditions ofthe enhanced light device from one or more knowledge sources (e.g.,extrinsic data sources). It is to be appreciated and understood that thecapability component 1202 can employ any suitable mechanism to determinethe characteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/orconditions of the enhanced light device.

The self-configuration component 1200 also can include an objectivecomponent 1204 that can determine one or more objectives of theinstallation or location of the enhanced light device. For example, theobjective component 1204 can employ intelligence (e.g., artificialintelligence) to determine an objective of the installation or locationof the enhanced light device based at least in part on an environmentprofile of the environment, a device profile of a device, and/or a userprofile of a user, associated with the enhanced light device and thedetermined characteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/orconditions of the enhanced light device. In a non-limiting example, anobjective can be related to safety, automation, control, communication,instruction, entertainment, social enhancement, economics, moodenhancement, activity enhancement, notification, coordination,monitoring, intervention, time management, workflow management, or anyother suitable objective. In an example, the objective component 1204can select one or more objectives from a library of objectives stored ina data store or in one or more knowledges sources. In another example,the objective component 1204 can create one or more objectives based atleast in part on artificial intelligence. In a further example, theobjective component 1204 can create linked objectives, wherein one ormore objectives can depend on one or more other objectives. For example,an objective can become active if another objective is achieved. Inanother example, an objective can become inactive if another objectiveis achieved. It is to be appreciated and understood that the objectivecomponent 1204 can employ any suitable mechanism to determine objectivesof the enhanced light device.

The self-configuration component 1200 further can comprise a lightprofile component 1206 that can generate a light profile for (e.g.,representative of) the enhanced light device based at least in part onthe characteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/orconditions of the enhanced light device and/or the one or moredetermined objectives. The light profile can comprise or be based atleast in part on the environment profile associated with theenvironment, device profile associated with the device, and/or userprofile associated with the user, that is associated with the enhancedlight device, characteristics, properties, capabilities, features and/orconditions of the enhanced light device, and objectives of the enhancedlight device. The light profile component 1206 can organize the lightprofile in any desired (e.g., suitable or acceptable) manner,non-limiting examples of which can include an array, a table, a tree, amap, a graph, a chart, a list, a topology, or any other suitable mannerof organizing data in a particular profile. In a non-limiting example,the light profile can include respective entries for each objective thatcomprise a detailed description of the objective, success metrics forthe objective, tracking information describing changes to the objectiveover time, source used to determine the objective, confidence ofaccuracy of the determined objective, or any other suitable informationassociated with the objective. Furthermore, the light profile component1206 can configure settings of one or more parameters of the enhancedlight device (e.g., of the light component, light elements, informationcomponent, processor component, data store, programs, sensor component,instrument component, light fixture, housing, lens, base component,socket component, or any other suitable parameters of components of theenhanced light device) to achieve the one or more objectives, and storethe settings in the light profile.

Some of the processes performed by the components of or associated withthe enhanced light device can be performed by specialized computers forcarrying out defined tasks related to determining characteristics of theenvironment in which an enhanced light device is installed or located,determining capabilities of the enhanced light device, determining oneor more objectives of the installation or location of the enhanced lightdevice, performing a self-configuration of the enhanced light deviceaccording to the one or more determined objectives, and determining andexecuting suitable actions for the enhanced light device to perform toachieve the one or more determined objectives. The subject computerprocessing systems, methods, apparatuses, and/or computer programproducts can be employed to solve new problems that arise throughadvancements in technology, computer networks, the Internet, and thelike. The subject computer processing systems, methods, apparatuses,and/or computer program products can provide technical improvements tosystems for determining characteristics or properties of the environmentin which the enhanced light device is installed or located, determiningcapabilities of the enhanced light device, determining one or moreobjectives of the installation of the enhanced light device, performinga self-configuration, and/or automatic or dynamic configuration, of theenhanced light device according to the one or more determinedobjectives, and determining and executing suitable actions for theenhanced light device to perform to achieve the one or more determinedobjectives by improving processing efficiency among processingcomponents in these systems, reducing delay in processing performed bythe processing components, reducing memory requirements, and/orimproving the accuracy in which the processing systems are determiningcharacteristics of the environment in which the enhanced light device isinstalled or located, determining capabilities of the enhanced lightdevice, determining one or more objectives of the installation orlocation of the enhanced light device, performing a self-configuration,and/or automatic or dynamic configuration, of the enhanced light deviceaccording to the one or more determined objectives, and determining andexecuting suitable actions for the enhanced light device to perform toachieve the one or more determined objectives.

The embodiments of systems, devices, and/or methods described herein canemploy artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate automating one or morefeatures described herein. The components can employ various AI-basedschemes for carrying out various embodiments/examples disclosed herein.In order to provide for or aid in the numerous determinations (e.g.,determine, ascertain, infer, calculate, predict, prognose, estimate,derive, forecast, detect, compute) described herein, componentsdescribed herein can examine the entirety or a subset of the data towhich it is granted access and can provide for reasoning about ordetermine states of the system, environment, etc. from a set ofobservations as captured via events and/or data. Determinations can beemployed to identify a specific context or action, or can generate aprobability distribution over states, for example. The determinationscan be probabilistic—that is, the computation of a probabilitydistribution over states of interest based on a consideration of dataand events. Determinations can also refer to techniques employed forcomposing higher-level events from a set of events and/or data.

Such determinations can result in the construction of new events oractions from a set of observed events and/or stored event data, whetheror not the events are correlated in close temporal proximity, andwhether the events and data come from one or several event and datasources. Components disclosed herein can employ various classification(explicitly trained (e.g., via training data) as well as implicitlytrained (e.g., via observing behavior, preferences, historicalinformation, receiving extrinsic information, etc.)) schemes and/orsystems (e.g., support vector machines, neural networks, expert systems,Bayesian belief networks, fuzzy logic, data fusion engines, etc.) inconnection with performing automatic and/or determined action inconnection with the claimed subject matter. Thus, classification schemesand/or systems can be used to automatically learn and perform a numberof functions, actions, and/or determination.

A classifier can map an input attribute vector, z=(z1, z2, z3, z4, zn),to a confidence that the input belongs to a class, as byf(z)=confidence(class). Such classification can employ a probabilisticand/or statistical-based analysis (e.g., factoring into the analysisutilities and costs) to determinate an action to be automaticallyperformed. A support vector machine (SVM) is an example of a classifierthat can be employed. The SVM operates by finding a hyper-surface in thespace of possible inputs, where the hyper-surface attempts to split thetriggering criteria from the non-triggering events. Intuitively, thismakes the classification correct for testing data that is near, but notidentical to training data. Other directed and undirected modelclassification approaches include, e.g., naïve Bayes, Bayesian networks,decision trees, neural networks, fuzzy logic models, and/orprobabilistic classification models providing different patterns ofindependence can be employed. Classification as used herein also isinclusive of statistical regression that is utilized to develop modelsof priority.

The aforementioned systems and/or devices have been described withrespect to interaction between several components. It should beappreciated that such systems and components can include thosecomponents or sub-components specified therein, some of the specifiedcomponents or sub-components, and/or additional components.Sub-components could also be implemented as components communicativelycoupled to other components rather than included within parentcomponents. Further yet, one or more components and/or sub-componentsmay be combined into a single component providing aggregatefunctionality. The components may also interact with one or more othercomponents not specifically described herein for the sake of brevity,but known by those of skill in the art.

In view of the example systems and/or devices described herein, examplemethods that can be implemented in accordance with the disclosed subjectmatter can be further appreciated with reference to flowcharts in FIGS.13-16. For purposes of simplicity of explanation, example methodsdisclosed herein are presented and described as a series of acts;however, it is to be understood and appreciated that the disclosedsubject matter is not limited by the order of acts, as some acts mayoccur in different orders and/or concurrently with other acts from thatshown and described herein. For example, a method disclosed herein couldalternatively be represented as a series of interrelated states orevents, such as in a state diagram. Moreover, interaction diagram(s) mayrepresent methods in accordance with the disclosed subject matter whendisparate entities enact disparate portions of the methods. Furthermore,not all illustrated acts may be required to implement a method inaccordance with the subject specification. It should be furtherappreciated that the methods disclosed throughout the subjectspecification are capable of being stored on an article of manufactureto facilitate transporting and transferring such methods to computersfor execution by a processor or for storage in a memory.

FIG. 13 illustrates a flow diagram of an example, non-limiting method1300 that can facilitate controlling operation of one or more enhancedlight devices to facilitate determining and providing desirable (e.g.,useful or relevant) information regarding a device and/or environment toa user, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter. The method 1300 can be employed, for example,by a system comprising a processor and/or a light management componentof an enhanced light device.

At 1302, interaction of a user with a device or an environment can bedetected. The light management component can detect or identify theinteraction of the user with the device or the environment, which caninclude interaction with the enhanced light device, based at least inpart on the results of analyzing sensor data received from one or moresensors of a sensor component of the enhanced light device. One or moresensors of the sensor component can monitor the device or environment,and can sense the interaction of the user with the device or theenvironment. The one or more sensors can generate sensor data relatingto the interaction of the user with the device or the environment, andcan communicate the sensor data to the light management component. Thelight management component can analyze the sensor data and can detect oridentify the interaction of the user with the device or environmentbased at least in part on the results of the analysis of the sensordata.

At 1304, in connection with or in response to the detecting theinteraction of the user with the device or environment, respectivecontexts of the user, the device, the environment, or the enhanced lightdevice can be determined based at least in part on the results ofanalyzing sensor data relating to the user, the device, the environment,or the enhanced light device. The sensor component can sense or detectrespective conditions, characteristics, or features of the user, device,environment, or enhanced light device, and can generate sensor datarelating to the respective conditions, characteristics, or features ofthe user, device, environment, or enhanced light device. The lightmanagement component can analyze the sensor data relating to therespective conditions, characteristics, or features of the user, device,environment, or enhanced light device. Based at least in part on theresults of such data analysis, the light management component candetermine the respective contexts of the user, the device, theenvironment, or the enhanced light device.

At 1306, a set of information that can be desirable (e.g., useful orrelevant) to the user can be determined based at least in part on theresults of analyzing the respective contexts of the user, the device,the environment, or the enhanced light device. The light managementcomponent can analyze the respective contexts of the user, the device,the environment, or the enhanced light device. Based at least in part onthe results of such analysis, the light management component candetermine the set of information that can be desirable to the user. Theset of information can comprise information stored on the enhanced lightdevice (e.g., in the information component or data store) and/or otherinformation obtained from one or more data sources (e.g., one or morecommunication devices) that can provide the other information.

As an example, the device can be an automobile, with the enhanced lightdevice being installed in the automobile. Based at least in part on theresults of analyzing sensor data relating to the automobile and sensordata relating to the user, the light management component can determinethat the context of the automobile is that the air conditioner of theautomobile is not functioning properly to cool the inside of theautomobile to a desired temperature, and can determine that the contextof the user is that the user is interacting with the controls of the airconditioner. Based at least in part on the determined contexts of theautomobile and the user, the light management component can determinethat information relating to malfunctioning of the air conditionerand/or air conditioner-related information from the user manual for theautomobile can or may be useful or relevant to the user and can includesuch information relating to the air conditioner in the set ofinformation to be presented to the user.

At 1308, the set of information can be presented to the user via theenhanced light device or a communication device of the user that isassociated with the enhanced light device. The light managementcomponent can facilitate presenting (e.g., displaying, broadcasting,providing haptic feedback regarding) the set of information to the uservia the enhanced light device or the communication device of the user,wherein the communication device can be associated with (e.g.,communicatively connected to) the enhanced light device.

FIG. 14 presents a flow diagram of an example, non-limiting method 1400that can facilitate identifying a device associated with an enhancedlight device, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter. The method 1400 can be employed, for example,by an enhanced light device comprising a system, which includes aprocessor, and/or a light management component, an informationcomponent, and a sensor component.

At 1402, a label and/or other characteristics of the device can bedetected. One or more sensors of the sensor component of the enhancedlight device can sense or detect the label and/or other characteristicsof the device. For example, a sensor (e.g., camera) of the sensorcomponent can detect a label that is affixed to the device (e.g.,appliance, such as a refrigerator, oven, . . . ; vehicle; machine;automated system or a device of an automated system; . . . ) and cancapture an image of the label. As another example, a sensor (e.g.,camera) of the sensor component can detect an icon, logo, or emblemsituated on the device and/or other characteristics (e.g., features) ofthe device, and can capture an image(s) of the icon and/or othercharacteristics. The icon, logo, or emblem can, for instance, have aunique design that can be associated with and indicative of themanufacturer and/or model of the device. The other characteristics cancomprise, for example, the shape and/or dimensions of the device, orportion thereof (e.g., inside of appliance where the enhanced lightdevice is located), functionality of the device (e.g., controlling ormodifying temperature (e.g., oven that produces heat; refrigerator thatproduces cooler temperatures; . . . )), attachments to the device (e.g.,shelfs or drawers of a refrigerator; rack(s) of an oven, . . . ), and/orother characteristics that can facilitate identifying the device.

At 1404, sensor data related to the label and/or other characteristicsof the device can be generated. The one or more sensors can generatesensor data related to the label and/or other characteristics of thedevice.

At 1406, the sensor data can be analyzed. The light management componentcan analyze the sensor data related to the label and/or othercharacteristics of the device. For example, the light managementcomponent can analyze the image of the label or other characteristic(s)of the device, wherein such analysis can include performing patternrecognition on the image to identify patterns, such as characters (e.g.,letters, numbers) or words; logos, icons, or emblems; patterns of devicecomponents (e.g., rack of an oven; shelf of a refrigerator). In someembodiments, the sensor (e.g., camera) can perform all or part of theanalysis of the image, wherein such analysis can include performingpattern recognition on the image to identify patterns, such ascharacters (e.g., letters, numbers) or words, logos, icons, or emblems.As another example, the light management component can analyze othersensor data from other sensors (e.g., temperature sensor, humiditysensor, . . . ) that can indicate or facilitate identifying particularfunctionalities of the device (e.g., oven can produce heat, refrigeratorcan produce cooler temperatures, . . . ).

At 1408, the device can be identified based at least in part on theresults of analyzing the sensor data. The light management component canidentify the device based at least in part on the results of analyzingthe sensor data. In some implementations, as part of the analysis, basedat least in part on the results of analyzing the sensor data, the lightmanagement component can search for additional (e.g., supplemental)information regarding the device from one or more data sources (e.g.,communication devices or another enhanced light device) via acommunication network, can analyze the additional information, and canidentify the device based at least in part on the results of analyzingthe sensor data and the additional information. For example, based atleast in part on the results of analyzing certain sensor data, the lightmanagement component is able to identify the manufacturer of the device,but has not definitively identified the model of the device, wherein theanalysis results also indicate the shape, dimensions, and functionalityof the device.

The light management component also can use the analysis resultsregarding the identification of the manufacturer of the device and theshape, dimensions, and functionality of the device to search foradditional information regarding the device to identify the model of thedevice. For instance, using such analysis results as part of a search(with the light management component knowing the manufacturer of thedevice and the shape, dimensions, and functionality of the device fromsuch analysis results), the light management component can search viathe Internet (e.g., search websites and associated communication devicesassociated with the Internet) for the additional information regardingthe model of the device, can locate a website(s) that has the desiredadditional information regarding the model of the device, and candetermine or identify the model of the device, and/or other desiredidentifying information regarding the device, based at least in part onthe additional information.

At 1410, information relating to the identification of the device can bestored. The light management component can store the informationrelating to the identification of the device in the informationcomponent and/or a data store of the enhanced light device.

FIG. 15 depicts a flow diagram of another example, non-limiting method1500 that can facilitate controlling operation of one or more enhancedlight devices, in accordance with various aspects and embodiments of thedisclosed subject matter. The method 1500 can be employed, for example,by a system comprising a processor, a light management component, aninformation component, a sensor component, and/or an instrumentcomponent.

At 1502, an environment in an area in proximity to an enhanced lightdevice can be monitored. One or more sensors of a sensor component ofthe enhanced light device can monitor the area.

At 1504, conditions (e.g., environmental conditions, device conditions,and/or user conditions) can be detected in the environment in the areain proximity to the enhanced light device. One or more of the sensorscan detect the conditions (e.g., change in conditions) in theenvironment, the device, and/or the user in the area in proximity to theenhanced light device and can generate sensor information indicating,representing, and/or describing the conditions.

At 1506, the sensor information relating to the conditions, anenvironment profile associated with the environment, a device profileassociated with the device, a user profile associated with a user,and/or a light profile associated with the enhanced light device, can beanalyzed. The light management component can receive the sensorinformation from one or more of the sensors. The light managementcomponent also can access and retrieve the environment profile, thedevice profile, the user profile, and/or the light profile from a datastore of the enhanced light device. The light management component cananalyze the sensor information, the environment profile, the deviceprofile, the user profile, and/or the light profile to generate analysisresults.

At 1508, in response to the conditions relating to the environment, thedevice, and/or the user, the environment profile, the device profile,the user profile, and the light profile can be updated based at least inpart on the analysis results. To account for the conditions (e.g.,change in conditions) relating to the environment, the device, and/orthe user, the light management component can determine respectiveupdates to, and perform respective updates to, the environment profile,the device profile, the user profile, and the light profile based atleast in part on the analysis results.

At 1510, in response to the conditions associated with the environment,the device, and/or the user, a configuration (e.g., re-configuration) ofthe enhanced light device can be determined based at least in part onthe updated light profile (which can be updated based at least in parton the updated environment profile, updated device profile, and/orupdated user profile). To self-configure the enhanced light device torespond to the conditions associated with the environment, the device,and/or the user, the light management component can determine aconfiguration of the enhanced light device based at least in part on theupdated light profile (e.g., based at least in part on the results ofanalyzing the updated light profile). The light profile can compriseinformation (e.g., light profile information) that can indicate orspecify the configuration of various parameters of various components(e.g., a light element(s) of the light component, the informationcomponent, an instrument(s) of the instrument component, a processor, aprogram(s), . . . ) of the enhanced light device. In someimplementations, the light management component can structure the lightprofile to map respective configurations of respective parameters ofrespective components of the enhanced light device to respectiveconditions of the environment, respective conditions of the device,respective conditions of the user, and/or user preferences of the user.

At 1512, the enhanced light device can be configured based at least inpart on the configuration to facilitate controlling emission of light bythe light element(s) of the light component, determining desirable(e.g., useful and/or relevant) information to present to the user,and/or controlling other operations, characteristics, or components ofthe enhanced light device. The light management component can facilitateconfiguring the enhanced light device (e.g., respective components ofthe enhanced light device), in accordance with the configurationdetermined for the enhanced light device, based at least in part on thelight profile, to facilitate controlling the emission of light by thelight element(s), determining the desirable information to present tothe user, and/or other operations, characteristics, or components of theenhanced light device. For example, one or more respective parameters ofone or more respective components of the enhanced light device can beconfigured (e.g., reconfigured), set, or adjusted to facilitateconfiguring (e.g., auto or self configuring) the respective componentsof the enhanced light device, in accordance with the light profile.

The light management component can update (e.g., automatically ordynamically update) the environment profile, device profile, userprofile, and/or light profile in real time, or substantially real time,and/or in response to a condition detected with respect to theenvironment, the device, and/or the user, in the area in proximity tothe enhanced light device, to account for and respond to any changeswith respect to the environment, the device, an/or the user in the areain proximity to the enhanced light device. The light managementcomponent can control (e.g., automatically or dynamically control), inreal time or at least substantially real time, the configuration and theoperation of the enhanced light device based at least in part the lightprofile (e.g., as updated).

FIG. 16 illustrates a flow diagram of an example, non-limiting method1600 that can facilitate controlling and coordinating respectiveoperation of enhanced light devices, in accordance with various aspectsand embodiments of the disclosed subject matter. The method 1600 can beemployed, for example, by respective enhanced light devices that cancomprise respective systems comprising respective processors and/orrespective light management components.

At 1602, a communication connection can be established (e.g., created,generated) between an enhanced light device and at least one otherenhanced light device. The enhanced light device can be associated withan area and/or a device, and the at least one other enhanced lightdevice can be associated with at least one other area and/or at leastone other device, wherein the at least one other area can be completelydistinct from the area or can partially cover (e.g., encompass) thearea. The light management component (e.g., a network component of thelight management component) of the enhanced light device can detect andcontact the at least one other enhanced light device (e.g., at least onenetwork component of at least one other light management component ofthe at least one other enhanced light device). The respective lightmanagement components can exchange network-related information and/orother information to facilitate setting up a communication connection(e.g., at least one communication connection) with each other, and canestablish the communication connection between the enhanced light deviceand the at least one other enhanced light device based at least in parton the network-related information and/or other information. Thecommunication connection can be a wireline communication connectionand/or a wireless communication connection.

At 1604, respective environmental profile information, respective deviceprofile information, respective user profile information, and/orrespective light profile information can be communicated between theenhanced light device and the at least one other enhanced light devicevia the communication connection. The enhanced light device cancommunicate the environment profile, the device profile, the userprofile, and/or the light profile associated with the enhanced lightdevice to the at least one other enhanced light device, wherein theenvironment profile can comprise environmental profile informationregarding the environmental conditions associated with the areaassociated with (e.g., in proximity to) the enhanced light device, thedevice profile can comprise device profile information regarding thefeatures (e.g., characteristics, attributes, functions, . . . ) andidentity (e.g., manufacturer, model, and/or serial number) of the deviceassociated with (e.g., in proximity to) the enhanced light device, theuser profile can comprise information (e.g., user preferences, userinteractions with the device or environment, . . . ) relating to a user(e.g., in, interacting with, or in proximity to the environment ordevice), and the light profile can comprise light profile informationregarding the features (e.g., characteristics, attributes, functions, .. . ) of the enhanced light device.

The at least one other enhanced light device can communicate at leastone other environment profile, at least one other device profile, atleast one other user profile, and/or at least one other light profileassociated with the at least one other enhanced light device to theenhanced light device, wherein the at least one other environmentprofile can comprise environmental profile information regarding theenvironmental conditions associated with the at least one other areaassociated with (e.g., in proximity to) the at least one other enhancedlight device, the at least one other device profile can comprise deviceprofile information regarding the features (e.g., characteristics,attributes, functions, . . . ) and identity (e.g., manufacturer, model,and/or serial number) of the at least one other device associated with(e.g., in proximity to) the at least one other enhanced light device,the at least one other user profile can comprise information (e.g., userpreferences, user interactions with the device or environment, . . . )relating to at least one other user (e.g., in, interacting with, or inproximity to the at least one other environment or device), and the atleast one other light profile can comprise light profile informationregarding the features (e.g., characteristics, attributes, functions, .. . ) of the at least one other enhanced light device.

At 1606, respective actions, which can be responsive to the respectiveenvironmental conditions, device conditions, and/or user conditionsassociated with the respective enhanced light devices, can be determinedand coordinated (e.g., performance of the respective actions can becoordinated) between the enhanced light device and the at least oneother enhanced light device, based at least in part on the results ofanalyzing the respective environmental profile information, respectivedevice profile information, respective user profile information, and/orthe respective light profile information associated with the respectiveenhanced light devices. The light management component of the diffusionlight device, and/or the at least one other light management componentof the at least one other diffusion light device, can analyze (e.g.,respectively analyze) the respective environmental profile informationand/or the respective light profile information associated with therespective diffusion light devices. Based at least in part on theresults (e.g., the respective results) of the analysis (e.g., therespective analysis), the light management component and/or the at leastone other light management component can determine the respectiveactions (e.g., action to emit light, action to adjust characteristics ofthe light to be emitted, action to determine and present desirableinformation to present to a user(s), and/or an(s)) that are to beperformed by the respective enhanced light devices, in accordance withthe defined light management criteria. The light management componentand the at least one other light management component can negotiate andcoordinate with each other to facilitate determining the respectiveactions that the respective enhanced light devices are to perform to beresponsive to the respective environmental conditions, deviceconditions, and/or user conditions associated with the respectiveenhanced light devices.

At 1608, the respective actions can be performed by the respectiveenhanced light devices in a coordinated manner to facilitate desirable(e.g., enhanced) controlling of emission of light by the respectivelight components of the respective enhanced light devices, determinationand presentation of respective desirable information to respective usersby the respective enhanced light devices, and/or controlling of otherrespective operations, characteristics, or components of the respectiveenhanced light devices. The enhanced light device and the at least oneother enhanced light device can perform their respective actions in acoordinated manner to be responsive to the respective environmentalconditions, respective device conditions, and/or respective userconditions that are associated with the respective enhanced lightdevice. The respective light management components, respectiveinformation components, respective instrument components, respectiveprocessor components, etc., of the respective enhanced light devices canfacilitate the respective performance of the respective operationsassociated with the respective actions being performed by the respectiveenhanced light devices.

In order to provide a context for the various aspects of the disclosedsubject matter, FIGS. 17 and 18 as well as the following discussion areintended to provide a general description of a suitable environment inwhich the various aspects of the disclosed subject matter can beimplemented. FIG. 17 illustrates a block diagram of an example,non-limiting operating environment in which one or more embodimentsdescribed herein can be facilitated. Repetitive description of likeelements employed in other embodiments described herein is omitted forsake of brevity.

With reference to FIG. 17, a suitable operating environment 1700 forimplementing various aspects of this disclosure can also include acomputer 1712. The computer 1712 can also include a processing unit1714, a system memory 1716, and a system bus 1718. The system bus 1718couples system components including, but not limited to, the systemmemory 1716 to the processing unit 1714. The processing unit 1714 can beany of various available processors. Dual microprocessors and othermultiprocessor architectures also can be employed as the processing unit1714. The system bus 1718 can be any of several types of busstructure(s) including the memory bus or memory controller, a peripheralbus or external bus, and/or a local bus using any variety of availablebus architectures including, but not limited to, Industrial StandardArchitecture (ISA), Micro-Channel Architecture (MSA), Extended ISA(EISA), Intelligent Drive Electronics (IDE), VESA Local Bus (VLB),Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), Card Bus, Universal Serial Bus(USB), Advanced Graphics Port (AGP), Firewire (IEEE 1394, IEEE 1494),and Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI). The system memory 1716 canalso include volatile memory 1720 and nonvolatile memory 1722. The basicinput/output system (BIOS), containing the basic routines to transferinformation between elements within the computer 1712, such as duringstart-up, is stored in nonvolatile memory 1722. By way of illustration,and not limitation, nonvolatile memory 1722 can include read only memory(ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM),electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, ornonvolatile random access memory (RAM) (e.g., ferroelectric RAM(FeRAM)). Volatile memory 1720 can also include random access memory(RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration andnot limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as static RAM(SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rateSDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM),direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM), direct Rambus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), andRambus dynamic RAM.

Computer 1712 also can include removable/non-removable,volatile/nonvolatile computer storage media. FIG. 17 illustrates, forexample, a disk storage 1724. Disk storage 1724 can also include, but isnot limited to, devices like a magnetic disk drive, floppy disk drive,tape drive, Jaz drive, Zip drive, LS-100 drive, flash memory card, ormemory stick. The disk storage 1724 also can include storage mediaseparately or in combination with other storage media including, but notlimited to, an optical disk drive such as a compact disk ROM device(CD-ROM), CD recordable drive (CD-R Drive), CD rewritable drive (CD-RWDrive) or a digital versatile disk ROM drive (DVD-ROM). To facilitateconnection of the disk storage 1724 to the system bus 1718, a removableor non-removable interface is typically used, such as interface 1726.FIG. 17 also depicts software that acts as an intermediary between usersand the basic computer resources described in the suitable operatingenvironment 1700. Such software can also include, for example, anoperating system 1728. Operating system 1728, which can be stored ondisk storage 1724, acts to control and allocate resources of thecomputer 1712. System applications 1730 take advantage of the managementof resources by operating system 1728 through program modules 1732 andprogram data 1734, e.g., stored either in system memory 1716 or on diskstorage 1724. It is to be appreciated that this disclosure can beimplemented with various operating systems or combinations of operatingsystems. A user enters commands or information into the computer 1712through input device(s) 1736. Input devices 1736 include, but are notlimited to, a pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, stylus, touchpad, keyboard, microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner,TV tuner card, digital camera, digital video camera, web camera, and thelike. These and other input devices connect to the processing unit 1714through the system bus 1718 via interface port(s) 1738. Interfaceport(s) 1738 include, for example, a serial port, a parallel port, agame port, and a universal serial bus (USB). Output device(s) 1740 usesome of the same type of ports as input device(s) 1736. Thus, forexample, a USB port can be used to provide input to computer 1712, andto output information from computer 1712 to an output device 1740.Output adapter 1742 is provided to illustrate that there are some outputdevices 1740 like monitors, speakers, and printers, among other outputdevices 1740, which require special adapters. The output adapters 1742include, by way of illustration and not limitation, video and soundcards that provide a means of connection between the output device 1740and the system bus 1718. It should be noted that other devices and/orsystems of devices provide both input and output capabilities such asremote computer(s) 1744.

Computer 1712 can operate in a networked environment using logicalconnections to one or more remote computers, such as remote computer(s)1744. The remote computer(s) 1744 can be a computer, a server, a router,a network PC, a workstation, a microprocessor based appliance, a peerdevice or other common network node and the like, and typically can alsoinclude many or all of the elements described relative to computer 1712.For purposes of brevity, only a memory storage device 1746 isillustrated with remote computer(s) 1744. Remote computer(s) 1744 islogically connected to computer 1712 through a network interface 1748and then physically connected via communication connection 1750. Networkinterface 1748 encompasses wire and/or wireless communication networkssuch as local-area networks (LAN), wide-area networks (WAN), cellularnetworks, etc. LAN technologies include Fiber Distributed Data Interface(FDDI), Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI), Ethernet, Token Ringand the like. WAN technologies include, but are not limited to,point-to-point links, circuit switching networks like IntegratedServices Digital Networks (ISDN) and variations thereon, packetswitching networks, and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL). Communicationconnection(s) 1750 refers to the hardware/software employed to connectthe network interface 1748 to the system bus 1718. While communicationconnection 1750 is shown for illustrative clarity inside computer 1712,it can also be external to computer 1712. The hardware/software forconnection to the network interface 1748 can also include, for exemplarypurposes only, internal and external technologies such as, modemsincluding regular telephone grade modems, cable modems and DSL modems,ISDN adapters, and Ethernet cards.

FIG. 18 is a schematic block diagram of a sample-computing environment1800 (e.g., computing system) with which the subject matter of thisdisclosure can interact. The system 1800 includes one or more client(s)1810. The client(s) 1810 can be hardware and/or software (e.g., threads,processes, computing devices). The system 1800 also includes one or moreserver(s) 1830. Thus, system 1800 can correspond to a two-tier clientserver model or a multi-tier model (e.g., client, middle tier server,data server), amongst other models. The server(s) 1830 can also behardware and/or software (e.g., threads, processes, computing devices).The servers 1830 can house threads to perform transformations byemploying this disclosure, for example. One possible communicationbetween a client 1810 and a server 1830 may be in the form of a datapacket transmitted between two or more computer processes.

The system 1800 includes a communication framework 1850 that can beemployed to facilitate communications between the client(s) 1810 and theserver(s) 1830. The client(s) 1810 are operatively connected to one ormore client data store(s) 1820 that can be employed to store informationlocal to the client(s) 1810. Similarly, the server(s) 1830 areoperatively connected to one or more server data store(s) 1840 that canbe employed to store information local to the servers 1830.

It is to be appreciated and understood that components (e.g., enhancedlight device, light component, information component, light managementcomponent, sensor component, instrument component, network component,processor component, data store, . . . ), as described with regard to aparticular system or method, can include the same or similarfunctionality as respective components (e.g., respectively namedcomponents or similarly named components) as described with regard toother systems or methods disclosed herein.

Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter can be a system, a method,an apparatus and/or a machine (e.g., computer) program product at anypossible technical detail level of integration. The machine programproduct can include a machine (e.g., computer) readable storage medium(or media) having machine readable program instructions thereon forcausing a processor to carry out aspects of the disclosed subjectmatter. The machine readable storage medium can be a tangible devicethat can retain and store instructions for use by an instructionexecution device. The machine readable storage medium can be, forexample, but is not limited to, an electronic storage device, a magneticstorage device, an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storagedevice, a semiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination ofthe foregoing. A non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of themachine readable storage medium can also include the following: aportable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), aread-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROMor Flash memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a portablecompact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disk (DVD),a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanically encoded device such aspunch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructionsrecorded thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. Amachine readable storage medium, as used herein, is not to be construedas being transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freelypropagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagatingthrough a waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulsespassing through a fiber-optic cable), or electrical signals transmittedthrough a wire.

Machine readable program instructions described herein can be downloadedto respective computing/processing devices from a computer readablestorage medium or to an external computer or external storage device viaa network, for example, the Internet, a local area network, a wide areanetwork and/or a wireless network. The network can comprise coppertransmission cables, optical transmission fibers, wireless transmission,routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers. Anetwork adapter card or network interface in each computing/processingdevice receives machine readable program instructions from the networkand forwards the machine readable program instructions for storage in amachine readable storage medium within the respectivecomputing/processing device. Machine readable program instructions forcarrying out operations of various aspects of the disclosed subjectmatter can be assembler instructions, instruction-set-architecture (ISA)instructions, machine instructions, machine dependent instructions,microcode, firmware instructions, state-setting data, configuration datafor integrated circuitry, or either source code or object code writtenin any combination of one or more programming languages, including anobject oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C++, or thelike, and procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programminglanguage or similar programming languages. The machine readable programinstructions can execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on theuser's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user'scomputer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remotecomputer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer can beconnected to the user's computer through any type of network, includinga local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or theconnection can be made to an external computer (for example, through theInternet using an Internet Service Provider). In some embodiments,electronic circuitry including, for example, programmable logiccircuitry, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), or programmable logicarrays (PLA) can execute the machine readable program instructions byutilizing state information of the machine readable program instructionsto customize the electronic circuitry, in order to perform aspects ofthe disclosed subject matter.

Aspects of the disclosed subject matter are described herein withreference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods,apparatus (systems), and machine program products according toembodiments of the disclosed subject matter. It will be understood thateach block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, andcombinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or blockdiagrams, can be implemented by machine readable program instructions.These machine readable program instructions can be provided to aprocessor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, orother programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, suchthat the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computeror other programmable data processing apparatus, create means forimplementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or blockdiagram block or blocks. These machine readable program instructions canalso be stored in a machine readable storage medium that can direct acomputer, a programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devicesto function in a particular manner, such that the machine readablestorage medium having instructions stored therein comprises an articleof manufacture including instructions which implement aspects of thefunction/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block orblocks. The machine readable program instructions can also be loadedonto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or otherdevice to cause a series of operational acts to be performed on thecomputer, other programmable apparatus or other device to produce acomputer implemented process, such that the instructions which executeon the computer, other programmable apparatus, or other device implementthe functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram blockor blocks.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the Figures illustrate thearchitecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementationsof systems, methods, and computer program products according to variousembodiments of the disclosed subject matter. In this regard, each blockin the flowchart or block diagrams can represent a module, segment, orportion of instructions, which comprises one or more executableinstructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In somealternative implementations, the functions noted in the blocks can occurout of the order noted in the Figures. For example, two blocks shown insuccession can, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or theblocks can sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending uponthe functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of theblock diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocksin the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implementedby special purpose hardware-based systems that perform the specifiedfunctions or acts or carry out combinations of special purpose hardwareand computer instructions.

While the disclosed subject matter has been described above in thegeneral context of machine (e.g., computer)-executable instructions of amachine program product that runs on a computer and/or computers, thoseskilled in the art will recognize that this disclosure also can or canbe implemented in combination with other program modules. Generally,program modules include routines, programs, components, data structures,etc. that perform particular tasks and/or implement particular abstractdata types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that thedisclosed machine (e.g., computer)-implemented methods can be practicedwith other computer system configurations, including single-processor ormultiprocessor computer systems, mini-computing devices, mainframecomputers, as well as computers, hand-held computing devices (e.g., PDA,phone), microprocessor-based or programmable consumer or industrialelectronics, and the like. The illustrated aspects can also be practicedin distributed computing environments where tasks are performed byremote processing devices that are linked through a communicationsnetwork. However, some, if not all aspects of this disclosure can bepracticed on stand-alone computers. In a distributed computingenvironment, program modules can be located in both local and remotememory storage devices.

As used in this application, the terms “component,” “system,”“platform,” “interface,” and the like, can refer to and/or can include acomputer-related entity or an entity related to an operational machinewith one or more specific functionalities. The entities disclosed hereincan be either hardware, a combination of hardware and software,software, or software in execution. For example, a component can be, butis not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor,an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or acomputer. By way of illustration, both an application running on aserver and the server can be a component. One or more components canreside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component canbe localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or morecomputers. In another example, respective components can execute fromvarious computer readable media having various data structures storedthereon. The components can communicate via local and/or remoteprocesses such as in accordance with a signal having one or more datapackets (e.g., data from one component interacting with anothercomponent in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a networksuch as the Internet with other systems via the signal). As anotherexample, a component can be an apparatus with specific functionalityprovided by mechanical parts operated by electric or electroniccircuitry, which is operated by a software or firmware applicationexecuted by a processor. In such a case, the processor can be internalor external to the apparatus and can execute at least a part of thesoftware or firmware application. As yet another example, a componentcan be an apparatus that provides specific functionality throughelectronic components without mechanical parts, wherein the electroniccomponents can include a processor or other means to execute software orfirmware that confers at least in part the functionality of theelectronic components. In an aspect, a component can emulate anelectronic component via a virtual machine.

In addition, the term “or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” ratherthan an exclusive “or.” That is, unless specified otherwise, or clearfrom context, “X employs A or B” is intended to mean any of the naturalinclusive permutations. That is, if X employs A; X employs B; or Xemploys both A and B, then “X employs A or B” is satisfied under any ofthe foregoing instances. Moreover, articles “a” and “an” as used in thesubject specification and annexed drawings should generally be construedto mean “one or more” unless specified otherwise or clear from contextto be directed to a singular form. As used herein, the terms “example”and/or “exemplary” are utilized to mean serving as an example, instance,or illustration. For the avoidance of doubt, the subject matterdisclosed herein is not limited by such examples. In addition, anyaspect or design described herein as an “example” and/or “exemplary” isnot necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over otheraspects or designs, nor is it meant to preclude equivalent exemplarystructures and techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

As it is employed in the subject specification, the term “processor” canrefer to substantially any computing processing unit or devicecomprising, but not limited to, single-core processors;single-processors with software multithread execution capability;multi-core processors; multi-core processors with software multithreadexecution capability; multi-core processors with hardware multithreadtechnology; parallel platforms; and parallel platforms with distributedshared memory. Additionally, a processor can refer to an integratedcircuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a digitalsignal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), aprogrammable logic controller (PLC), a complex programmable logic device(CPLD), a discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardwarecomponents, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functionsdescribed herein. Further, processors can exploit nano-scalearchitectures such as, but not limited to, molecular and quantum-dotbased transistors, switches and gates, in order to optimize space usageor enhance performance of user equipment. A processor can also beimplemented as a combination of computing processing units. In thisdisclosure, terms such as “store,” “storage,” “data store,” datastorage,” “database,” and substantially any other information storagecomponent relevant to operation and functionality of a component areutilized to refer to “memory components,” entities embodied in a“memory,” or components comprising a memory. It is to be appreciatedthat memory and/or memory components described herein can be eithervolatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile andnonvolatile memory. By way of illustration, and not limitation,nonvolatile memory can include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM(PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM(EEPROM), flash memory, or nonvolatile random access memory (RAM) (e.g.,ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM)). Volatile memory can include RAM, which canact as external cache memory, for example. By way of illustration andnot limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as synchronous RAM(SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rateSDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM),direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM), direct Rambus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), andRambus dynamic RAM (RDRAM). Additionally, the disclosed memorycomponents of systems or computer-implemented methods herein areintended to include, without being limited to including, these and anyother suitable types of memory.

What has been described above include mere examples of systems andcomputer-implemented methods. It is, of course, not possible to describeevery conceivable combination of components or computer-implementedmethods for purposes of describing this disclosure, but one of ordinaryskill in the art can recognize that many further combinations andpermutations of this disclosure are possible. Furthermore, to the extentthat the terms “includes,” “has,” “possesses,” and the like are used inthe detailed description, claims, appendices and drawings such terms areintended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term “comprising” as“comprising” is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in aclaim. The descriptions of the various embodiments have been presentedfor purposes of illustration, but are not intended to be exhaustive orlimited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variationswill be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departingfrom the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminologyused herein was chosen to best explain the principles of theembodiments, the practical application or technical improvement overtechnologies found in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinaryskill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. An enhanced light bulb configured forinstallation in a light fixture, the enhanced light bulb comprising: alight component configured to emit light; at least one sensor; at leastone instrument; a memory that stores machine-executable components; anda processor that executes the machine-executable components stored inthe memory, wherein the machine-executable components comprise: a lightmanagement component configured to: determine, via data captured fromthe at least one sensor, an activity being performed by a user in anenvironment in which the enhanced light bulb is installed, determine atleast one action of the enhanced light bulb to execute to affectperformance of the activity by the user, and facilitate execution of theat least one action by the enhanced light bulb using the at least oneinstrument.
 2. The enhanced light bulb of claim 1, wherein the at leastone action comprises: presenting information via at least one interfaceof the enhanced light bulb or via a communication device associated withthe user, and wherein the at least one interface comprises at least oneof a display screen, an audio speaker, or a haptic component.
 3. Theenhanced light bulb of claim 1, wherein the at least one actioncomprises controlling a device in the environment related to theactivity.
 4. The enhanced light bulb of claim 1, wherein the at leastone action comprises controlling a characteristic of the environment toenhance the performance of the activity.
 5. The enhanced light bulb ofclaim 1, wherein the at least one action enhances security of the userrelated to the activity.
 6. The enhanced light bulb of claim 1, whereinthe activity comprises criminal activity, and the at least one actioncomprises emitting, using the at least one instrument, a projectile thatmarks the user with a tag to facilitate identification of the user. 7.The enhanced light bulb of claim 1, wherein the at least one actioncomprises identifying a hazard in the environment and notifying theuser.
 8. An enhanced light device, the enhanced light device comprising:a light fixture; a light component configured to emit light, the lightcomponent configured for installation in the light fixture; at least onesensor; at least one instrument; a memory that stores machine-executablecomponents; and a processor that executes the machine-executablecomponents stored in the memory, wherein the machine-executablecomponents comprise: a light management component configured to:determine, via data captured from the at least one sensor, an activitybeing performed by a user in an environment in which the enhanced lightdevice is installed, determine at least one action of the enhanced lightdevice to execute to affect performance of the activity by the user, andfacilitate execution of the at least one action by the enhanced lightdevice using the at least one instrument.
 9. The enhanced light deviceof claim 8, wherein the at least one action comprises: presentinginformation via at least one interface of the enhanced light device orvia a communication device associated with the user, and wherein the atleast one interface comprises at least one of a display screen, an audiospeaker, or a haptic component.
 10. The enhanced light device of claim8, wherein the at least one action comprises controlling a device in theenvironment related to the activity.
 11. The enhanced light device ofclaim 8, wherein the at least one action comprises controlling acharacteristic of the environment to enhance the performance of theactivity.
 12. The enhanced light device of claim 8, wherein the at leastone action enhances security of the user related to the activity. 13.The enhanced light device of claim 8, wherein the activity comprisescriminal activity, and the at least one action comprises emitting, usingthe at least one instrument, a projectile that marks the user with a tagto facilitate identification of the user.
 14. The enhanced light deviceof claim 8, wherein the at least one action comprises identifying ahazard in the environment and notifying the user.
 15. A methodcomprising: determining, by an enhanced light device using at least onesensor of the enhanced light device, an activity being performed by auser in an environment in which the enhanced light device is installed;determining, by the enhanced light device, at least one action of theenhanced light device to executing to affect performance of the activityby the user; and executing, by the enhanced light device using at leastone instrument of the enhanced light device, the at least one action.16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one action comprisescontrolling a device in the environment related to the activity.
 17. Themethod of claim 15, wherein the at least one action comprisescontrolling a characteristic of the environment to enhance theperformance of the activity.
 18. The method of claim 15, wherein the atleast one action enhances security of the user related to the activity.19. The method of claim 15, wherein the activity comprises criminalactivity, and the at least one action comprises emitting, using the atleast one instrument, a projectile that marks the user with a tag tofacilitate identification of the user.
 20. The method of claim 15,wherein the at least one action comprises identifying a hazard in theenvironment and notifying the user.